2. Marked all over the world on the
11th of February every year
Done in recognition of the critical
role women and girls play in science
and technology
3. This year’s theme:
“DrivingInvestmentinEquality inScience, Technology
and Innovationinthe Digital Era”
Focus more on the interlinkages
between gender inequality for the
SDGs
4. WHAT IS GENDER INEQUALITY?
A social phenomenon in which men and
women are not treated equally
This may arise from cultural norms,
psychology and religious beliefs prevalent in
the society
5. DID YOU KNOW?
Only 3% of 607 Nobel Prize Laureates
in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or
Medicine are females
Women accounted for one in three
researchers in 2018
6. In cutting edge fields such as artificial
intelligence only one in five professionals is
a woman
Iceland is the world’s best country for
gender equality whereas Yemen is the least
7. Nigeria ranks 139 out of 156 surveyed
countries under Global Gender Gap Index 2021
overall ranking
78th in Economic Participation and Opportunity
146th in Education Attainment
104th in Health and Survival
149th in Political Empowerment
{Ref: Global Gender Gap Report 2021 – Insight report (wef.ch/gendergap21)}
8. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE DIFFERENTLY?
Make education gender sensitive
Raise aspirations of girls: We need to give girls
images and role models that expand their dreams
9. NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA:
Former Nigeria’s Finance Minister; Current Director -
General of the World Trade Organization
AMINA J. MOHAMMED:
Former Nigeria’s Environment Minister; Current Deputy
Secretary-General of the United Nations; Current Chair of
the United Nations Sustainable Development Group
10. CHIMAMANDAADICHIE:
43 years old Nigerian writer
AISHA YESUFU:
Socio – Political activist and co – convener Bring Back our
Girls Movement
FUNKE AKINDELE:
Nigerian Movie Star
11. Late PROF. DORAAKUNYILI:
Former DG. NAFDAC. Who changed the narrative of the
Nigerian Food and Drug Administration Agency
A host of others in the banking sector:
IBUKUN AWOSIKA, YEMISI EDUN,
NWAPAADAOBI STELLA
12. CONCLUSION
Today, we are urged to pace up to the challenges of our
time, raise our heads high and imprint our names in the
sands of time.
Birds leave their sounds behind but great minds (women /
Girls inclusive) leave their legacies behind
