2023 IWD; FG celebrates, empowers widows
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on Wednesday in Abuja celebrated and empowered women including widows to commemorate the International Women’s Day (IWD).
The Permanent Secretary, Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, in his keynote address said that the global day is for us to join voices with people around the world and shout our message of equal rights loud and clear.
The theme of the 2023 IWD was “Digital Innovation and Technology for gender equality”.
Sani-Gwarzo said the theme aligned with the priority theme for the upcoming 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW-67).
He added that innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age is for achieving gender equality a...