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As the world celebrates International Day of the Girl Child , managing director, Future Software Resources Nig Ltd, Nkemdilim Begho has said the girl child stands the risk of loosing out in work place if their are not granded in technology.
Managing director, Future Software Resources Nig Ltd, Nkemdilim Begho
Begho made this known at the girl child summit organised by HACEY with support from Access Cooperation ahead of the International Girls Child day on Monday in Lagos.
The seasoned information technology professional, while diving on the topic: empowering girls for a digital world, ‘her future, her technology’ said there is need for the girl child to embrace technology.
According to her, alot of the jobs we see today will nolonger exist in the future anymore, hence the need for the girl child to be granded in technology. “Digital skills will be a foundation of whatever you do. You need to embrace it and know how to use it to navigate your future. In the world of today, technology is useful in any field or sector, in Art, Agriculture, securities, etc.”
She told the girls at the summit to always make sure there is technology on any chosen course of study. “As a girl child they are lots of opportunities in technology. Like coding, data science, etc. They will be challenges, but passion, impact and possiblity will drive you into breaking barriers,”
Speaking about the challenges faced by the girl child, she said: The biggest one starts at home. Because their parents actually do not understand technology themselves, in their minds, it’s for boys and alot of times they enrol their boys in coding clubs than the girls while they ask their girls to go and do home economics,”
“We need to make sure that as parents we play our roles that both our boys and girls are ready for the future because technology is going to be in every single field and the truth is the jobs that your kids are going to do do not exist yet,” she said
Nkemdilim Begho hopes to see Nigeria move from technology consumers to become creator of technology.
Co-founder , HACEY, Isaiah Owolabi said, the goal of the summit is to focus on advancing the health and economic inclusion of young girls which helps to focus on the girl child thereby, letting the world know that they are the power of the society and the country, “most importantly, we want to make sure that we keep empowering the girl child with the right knowledge and skills to help them live to their full potentials,”he said.
Also, Project Lead, Girl Child Summit, Mercy Chioma, said he is happy that girls are now exposed to opportunities like this and to know that they can be what they can be and there is no barrier as to where they can be and what they can achieve.
According to him, It is important that we give girls a chance and expose them to this kind of opportunities,
“Nigeria is growing we are now having organization emerged that are particular about empowerment of girls because we need to break the obstacles that limits girls. Let them know that they can be better.”
About International Day of the Girl Child
International Day of the Girl Child is an international observance day declared by the United Nations. It is also called the Day of Girls and the International Day of the Girl.
October 11, 2012, was the first Day of the Girl Child. The observation supports more opportunity for girls and increases awareness of gender inequality faced by girls worldwide based upon their gender.
This inequality includes areas such as access to education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, and protection from discrimination, violence against women and forced child marriage.
The celebration of the day also “reflects the successful emergence of girls and young women as a distinct cohort in development policy, programming, campaigning and research.
The theme for the year, 2023: Check date, history, theme, significance and challenges.
