The wife of the former governor of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has challenged Nigerians to establish new values and create an enabling environment to address gender inequality.
Erelu Fayemi issued the challenge while delivering a lecture titled “Breaking Barriers: Empowering the Next Generation of Nigerian Women in Business and Public Life” at the launch of the Titi Tomori-Ponnle Foundation in Osogbo on Saturday.
Fayemi, who noted that Nigeria ranks low on gender equality, emphasised that stakeholders must “prioritise legislative and policy frameworks to bridge the gender justice and equality gap, champion the Sexual Harassment Prohibition Bill at both the national and state levels, and ensure equal representation for women in appointments.”
She further advocated for sustainable partnerships between women and men, safe and less traumatic education for the girl child, and consistent investment in the girl child’s development