The President of YouMax Dubai, Mr. Abraham Boakye has pledge the commitment of the firm towards the investment and development of the girl child education in Africa.
Boakye said this at the launch of the YICGPY Platform to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs ) by Wells International Services in partnership with YouMax Dubai held in Lagos.
According to him, the platform is set toward achieving the SDGs goal especially in areas that relate to the well-being and empowerment of the girl child in African.
“According to the United Nation, women make up 70% of the estimated 1.3billion people living in poverty, two third of the population of one billion illiterate adults, and two third of the 130 million children who are not in school” he said.
“woman shoulder the impact of globalisation market, hence they are the world greatest unused resource for turning the tide of economic justice. Given a woman access to primary education will ensure that her entire family receives better care and nutrition. This indicates that providing equal access to education and employment opportunities for women will ensure economic justice and sustainability for all”.
He also said the project will not only provide educational opportunities for the girl child but raise advocates for more investment and support for the girl child among them”.
“we want to train and embrace the ability of young people from economically disadvantage to successful transition to SDG framework for economic sufficiency. To build bridges to promote entrepreneurship movement in achieving 17 SDGs, through the medium of art and tourism to further the success of UN SDGs agenda”.
“we want to learn , create a real competitive edge on human development for talent creation in new business, talents experience and real issues on UN Global agenda”.
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