Tallen, Fayemi, Ezekwesili for 2019 National Women’s Dialogue

The Minister for Women Affairs, Paulen Tallen; First Lady of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; and former Vice-President of the World Bank, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, are among the keynote speakers for the 2019 National Women’s Dialogue (NWD).

This was contained in a press statement issued yesterday by the organisers of the event.

The NWD, themed “The Nigeria We Want: Nigerian Women-A National Conversation”, is expected to have no fewer than 5,000 participants.

According to them, the 2019

NWD will tackle challenges of out of school girl-child; early marriage; effect of insurgency on women and children; among others.

The statement read in part, “Over 5, 000 women from different walks of life will grace the upcoming National Women’s Dialogue 2019.

“The three-day dialogue is scheduled to hold at the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Abuja from November 27 to 29.

“The conference, tagged WOMANIFESTO ‘19, is to bring women together to dialogue and come up with a charter of demand on issues affecting women and children in the country.

“The three-day event will feature presentations and discussions in areas of health care, women participation in politics, businessandothergender-related issuessuchas,percentageofoutofschool girl-child; early marriage; maternal death rate; effect of insurgency on women and children; among others.

“Delegates will be drawn from women groups, collectives, civil societies, entrepreneurs, professionals, socialmedia influencers and women within the labour work force.”