Kole Shettima, Africa director of the MacArthur Foundation, says supporting women through gender inclusion will contribute significantly towards fostering sustainable development. Shettima said this in his remarks at the ‘What
Maryam AbdullahiKole Shettima, Africa director of the MacArthur Foundation, says supporting women through gender inclusion will contribute significantly towards fostering sustainable development.
“At the MacArthur Foundation, we have always up held diversity, equity, and inclusion as an affirmation of our values. Hence, we have always, therefore, been attentive to gender equality and equity in our engagements, recruitment and other spheres of our work,” he said. “There is no gainsaying that there are drawbacks in a patriarchal dominated political/governance environment and this is why this platform for the Nigerian women and girls is germane as we continue to raise the bar in gender inclusive, or if you like, gender parity narratives,” he added.
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