Collective and Unified efforts will curb violence
The trend of admonishing a fellow human within any age bracket, of either gender, or deformity is detrimental to the psyche of the individual and can be permanently denting to the mind. In equal measure, sexual abuse is another colossal concern staging itself in the shadows, predominating the backdrop of domestic environments and has proven to be a deplorable plague on the front line of our communities. As such, our collective and unified efforts to bulldoze away the causative influences behind these problems have never been more crucial. We need to mobilise ourselves, explore our potentials at an individual level and harness what little input we can administer. It is worth acknowledging how the power of your mind, the strength of your education, the dynamic applicability of your five fingers and ten toes can go a long way in empowering this cause, making a difference and changing the world at large. Suffice it to say that the idea here is to bring ourselves together, motivate each other, spread the word as best we can and refurbish the foundations of humanity once again. The Utopia we once envisioned and dreamt about can still be realised.
Author, Mustapha Adamu
Climateaction now our collective action is needed and we need to act now.
Who sees his own house on fire and fold his hands moping from a distance without taking action and wait for other people to find a means to put out the fire? But that’s exactly what we are doing when we are silent, indifferent or in denial of #climatechange.
Climate change is affecting every areas of our lives.The effects of #climatechange has become obvious in the agricultural sector, there is low crop yields, farmers are struggling to gather reasonable quantities of harvest.The reality is that the local farmers has no knowledge of #climatechangemitigation.
Reaching out to my family in my hometown as usual and asking them ‘how’s the harvesting season this year?’…responding in low voice they said the harvest is not putting much smiles on their faces like before. They’re obviously experiencing low yield and poor harvest due to the effects #climatechange . But they don’t know what climate change is all about…I had to explain to them but it’s hard for them to understand.
It’s devastating when local farmers who are struggling with low yields still have to cope with insecurity. The lives of farmers shouldn’t be threatened. They need to feel safe before they can engage in farming activities. And in every forms of insecurity and violence women and children tends to be the most vulnerable. We need to tackle climate change and insecurity in all it forms.
#SDG13
#16-days-of-activism
#climateactionnow our collective action is needed and we need to act now.
Author Ojonugwa Yahaya
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence in Relation to #SDG6*
Lack of adequate and clean water is having a devastating effect on women and girls especially those in rural communities.
Can we say lack of water is also a form of gender based violence?…because women and girls are mostly affected when water scarcity hits a community and are mostly responsible for water collection in many homes.
Women often sacrifice their time walking several mile in the quest for water and losing out in economic activities thereby sinking deeper into poverty.
Girls sometimes miss out of school because they need to fetch water for the household. They also miss out of school during their menstruation when water and other sanitary facilities are not available in school to enable them manage their periods.
#OrangeTheWorld
#16DaysOfActivism
#LeaveNoOneBehind
Aurthor Ojonugwa Yahaya*
United Nations SDG's - Decade of Action 