Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN), in partnership with Fahimta Women and Youth Development Initiative (FAWOYDI), has trained 1,198 youths from seven local councils of Bauchi State in various skills.
Beneficiaries of the training were drawn from Bauchi, Dass, Gamawa, Jama’are, Katagum, Toro and Warji councils.
The programme was designed to reduce the rate of street hawking, drug abuse and early/forced marriage by empowering out-of-school adolescents with basic life skills.
Executive Director of FAWOYDI, Mrs. Daniel Istifanus, described the Life Skills Programme for Girls and Boys (LSP4G&B) as a practical tool to provide a safe environment for empowerment with activities encouraging interactivity, creativity, motivation, innovation and a positive learning process.
She said: “LSP4G&B is a project on gender and social inclusion strategy aimed at promoting gender equality and changing gender social norms and socio-cultural factors affecting adolescent empowerment, which stems from deprivation, discrimination and dependency practices that dehumanise and reduce the status of adolescents, especially girls, in society.”
