The African Women Lawyers Association, AWLA Nigeria, and officials of the Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos state used the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child 2025 to draw attention to the daily challenges of the girl child in Nigeria.
To commemorate the day, Surulere Local Government invited AWLA Nigeria to speak at an event organised by the Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Department of the Itire-Ikate LCDA of the council.
The International Day of the Girl Child 2025 theme is “The girl I am, the change I lead: Girls on the frontlines of crisis.”
About a hundred girls between the ages of 10 and 20 were at the event.
AWLA Nigeria was represented by its President, Caroline Ibharuneafe, Bibian Aloba, the immediate past National General Secretary of AWLA Nigeria and Chigozie Awunor, Treasurer of AWLA Nigeria Lagos Branch.
