Cross River Administration Releases Gender Strategy Plan On International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day in 2023, the Cross River State government’s Women Affairs department has unveiled the Gender Strategy Plan.
Yesterday, the state’s gender strategic plan was unveiled at the ministry of women affairs in Cross River State. International Women’s Day is a day set aside by the UN on March 8 to honor women all over the globe.
Dr. Alice Egbe, the ministry’s permanent secretary, spoke on behalf of Prof. Gertrude Njar, the commissioner for women’s issues, saying that the ministry had chosen to unveil the state’s gender strategic plan in honor of IWD in 2023 with the help of its partners.
Dr. Egbe said this year’s theme, Digital Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality, is intended to celebrate the contribution of women and girls in technology and online education. The Commissioner has been held prisoner by kidnappers for more than a month.
“I’m presenting my speech to you on behalf of my employer, the Commissioner for Women Affairs, with mixed emotions. Her being here doesn’t make me happy.
“But, I’m glad that today is International Day of Women and Girls. We hope that God would quickly remove her in good health, she stated.
“We are unveiling the state gender strategy plan today,” the Permanent Secretary said. This paper is a five-year strategy that will drive gender programs. It is a road map for our gender-related operations.
She urged their partners to read the document and reassured them that the Ministry would adhere to it strictly, adding that it will be periodically reviewed in due course.
The Women’s Aids Collective (WACOL) provided support for the project’s inception in 2021, and the Center for Clinical Care and Clinical Research (CCCRN) took over in 2022. But, CUSO International opted to finish the initiative, according to Adekoya Peters, Chief of Party at the CCCCR.
IWD was selected to announce the idea since the year’s topic was gender equality, according to Dr. Essien, who talked with The Guardian immediately after the unveiling event.
In order to comprehend their rights and privileges, she said, women and girls in the state needed to catch up with the rapidly changing world of innovation and technology.
