UNESCO to encourage women to participate in 2015 elections

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Channel: TV360 Nigeria · 2014 · News & Politics

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has developed a curriculum to encourage  more women participation in Nigeria’s 2015 general elections, 
The project is aimed at ensuring women at all levels actively participate in politics and stir a change in people’s minds to accept women in leadership positions come 2015.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja Wednesday, UNESCO Lead Consultant, Dr. Adelaide Sosseh, explained the purpose of the curriculum saying West Africa and indeed the African continent have had the problem of having women in leadership positions.

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