February 27 2024- The article highlights Nigeria’s education challenges, with 15% of the world’s out-of-school children and over 7.6 million girls not attending school. The Boko Haram insurgency and armed groups significantly contribute to the education crisis in northeast Nigeria, affecting nearly two million school-age children. Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Executive Director Yasmine Sherif visited affected communities and observed the positive impact of ECW’s Multi-Year Resilience Programme (2021-2024) in addressing education needs amid conflict and crises. The article emphasizes the grave violations of children’s rights in northeastern areas, including abductions, enslavement, sexual exploitation of girls, and the forced recruitment of boys as child soldiers.
Nigeria: Call for Scaled Up Funding for Much-Needed, Successful Joint Program in Nigeria
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