NAWOJ Anambra Felicitates With Anambra Women On International Women’s Day.
The National Association of Women Journalists, Anambra State Chapter, NAWOJ, has felicitated with Anambra women as the world marks the the 2023 International Women’s Day.
rejoices and felicitates with Anambra women.
In a statement in Awka, the Anambra State NAWOJ Chairperson, Franklyn Onyekachi, said NAWOJ rejoices and felicitates with the women as they celebrate their day.
She described Anambra women enterprising, resilient, hard-working, resourceful, and epitome of love and unity to their families.
“You are enterprising, resilient, hard-working, resourceful, and epitome of love and unity to your families, communities, our state, and nation and you deserve to be celebrated”.
“NAWOJ Anambra urges you to keep the positive energy towards creating a better environment for all especially our children”.
The United Nations observance of International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrates women and girls who are championing the advancement of transformative technology and digital education.
The IWD 2023 will explore the impact of the digital gender gap on widening economic and social inequalities. The event will also spotlight the importance of protecting the rights of women and girls in digital spaces and addressing online and ICT- facilitated gender-based violence.
The theme for this year’s celebration DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality places a demand on all women to embrace technology to touch lives, we urge our women to embark on self-development.
The State NAWOJ Chairperson called on the state government to devise more result-yielding measures at ensuring Women’s development and empowerment, noting that bringing women into technology will result in more creative solutions and has greater potential for innovations that meet women’s needs and promote gender equality.
“We also call on the state government to devise more result-yielding measures at ensuring Women’s development and empowerment, as bringing women into technology will result in more creative solutions and has greater potential for innovations that meet women’s needs and promote gender equality as their lack of inclusion, by contrast, comes with massive costs”.
“We congratulate all the women who won in the just concluded National Assembly elections and charge them to perform creditably and make us proud”.
“We urge those who lost the election to accept defeat gallantly as there is always tomorrow. We also wish all the women contesting the State Assembly election success in their different constituencies.
“We also use the opportunity of today’s celebration to call for end to all forms of Gender Based Violence especially violence against women and girls, even as we stress the need for an inclusive society where everyone is carried along.
God bless Anambra women.
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2023.