Press Statement
To commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child 2024, the Branch in partnership with FEMPOWER AFRICA carried out a campaign on Menstrual Hygiene Awareness at the LEA Primary School Mpape, Abuja.
In the spirit of the globally celebrated day, the campaign aimed at raising awareness of good menstrual hygiene for young girls and women.
The Publicity Secretary FIDA Abuja, in a session called “Know Your Rights”, enlightened the women and school girls specifically on issues bothering on Rape, Female Genital Mutilation and Bullying as as enshrined in the Violence against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act 2015. She admonished the women and girls to report any violation of their rights to the appropriate authority closest to them.
The Coordinator, FEMPOWER Africa, Ms. Dorkong Rimdan, who informed the gathering of the purpose of the day’s event, educated the teaming school girls on how best to take good care of their bodies during menstruation. For the girls below the age of menstruation, she informed them that menstruation is not abnormal but an inevitable part of the woman biology which will occur in their pre-teen years.
Also, present at the campaign were representatives of partners such as 99.5 Wazobia FM, 96.9 Cool FM, 95.1 Nigeria Info, Chiggy Nsofor Foundation, and representatives of the school, Mrs Esther Bulu ( Head Mistress LEA Primary School) and Mrs. Benedicta Ugbechie (Assistant Headmistress LEA Primary School).
The highlight of the visit saw the FEMPOWER team and other volunteers train the women and girls on how to use the menstrual hygiene kits like the Menstrual Cups while also teaching them how to sew alternative reusable sanitary towels.
At the end of the day’s event, cartons of Sanitary Towels and other menstrual kits were donated by FEMPOWER and FIDA which were distributed to the women and girls accordingly.
In Attendance:
1) Olosen Victoria Ibiezugbe (Publicity Secretary)
2) June Idang Etim (Welfare Secretary Emerita)
3) Fareeda Usman Umar
4) Udeji Adaeze
5) Uwamusi Ikhisemon-Oje Ezeonara
6) Mimi Ayua
7) Theresa Adamu Nuntu
Olosen Victoria Ibiezugbe
Publicity Secretary
