(3/3) “It is vital that we now focus on encouraging these girls to attend school and that can only be done through the safe schools initiative – protecting #women and #girls and ensuring that they are educated and involved in all levels of community-focused #peace-building and mediation.” – Fatima...

(2/3) ”I started the organization, Borno Women Development Initiative (BOWDI) to help address the needs of those #women and #girls in my country that had become internally displaced due to terrorism. Many were forced to flee their villages at a moment’s notice so arrived at the refugee camps without...

(1/3) “Throughout the past few years, #women and #girls have been a specific target of terrorism, often used as suicide bombers or abducted and subjected to sexual and gender-based violence. Due to these threats, many girls are too scared to go to school and so are many parents.” – Fatima Askira,...

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