Seven Members of Keccoh and one dRPC person went on a ‘Study Tour to Egypt on Health Mobilization and Advocacy in Muslim Majority Communities’. They were hosted by the Egyptian Family Planning Association’s Institute for Training and Research in Reproductive Health.
Upon receiving the request by the Sokoto state Primary Health Development Agency (SSPHCDA), the dRPC in its collaboration with KECCoH (supported by the BMGF) and Muslim Scholars that the dRPC trained under its SLaB Project, put together a team of experts to conduct outreach and sensitization workshop on vaccine accountability for the Routine Immunisation stakeholders in Sokoto state.
The Emir of Kano HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II undertook an Outreach mobilization visit to Ajingi Town, headquarters of Ajingi LGA on Sunday 19th November 2017. This is part of the activities of the Traditional Rulers for Women and Girls in Northern Nigeria project being executed by the development Research & Projects Centre (dRPC) and the Kano Emirate Council Committee for Health (KECCoH) with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).
Ending child marriage is critical for girls’ rights, health, wellbeing and ability to survive into adulthood. Ending child marriage lessens the burden on health infrastructure and reduces the human footprint of resource poor countries. It reduces human suffering, recognizes human dignity and challenges gender based discrimination.
There is much to celebrate in girls’ education. Since the Education for All movement and the setting of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000, the number of out-of-school girls at primary school level has dropped from 58.9 million in 2000 to 30.7 million in 2012 and the share of girls that make up the out-of school population has decreased from 58 to 53 percent.
This study mapping early marriage in West Africa is the product of two years of discovery and learning by a team of development researchers. The result is not only an exhaustive report on the current status of the problem and efforts to combat it, but also an important model for future studies in other areas of the world where the practice persists.
The development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) is registered intermediary non-profit organization established with a mission of strengthening the capacity (organizational and technical capacity) of civil society organizations to design and implement transformative and sustainable development interventions which engage government and address felt needs of the vulnerable and excluded such as women and girls.
