Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

 A workshop on gender violence and HIV/AIDS organised by Gender and Child's Right Initiative (GCRI), a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) dedicated to uplifting the status of women and young persons, has ended in Lagos.

The workshop took place at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos, in conjunction with Vital Voices Global Partnership, an international NGO that manages Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation project on African Women. The workshop, tagged Engaging Business and Corporate Organisations in Health and Social Issues held under the distinguished chairmanship of Professor Osita Eze, Director General, Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos. The objective of the project was to advocate for change in public policy while sensitising corporate organisations on gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. It was also to build strong networks of business and corporate organisations to lend their voices to advocacy work in this area. The workshop attracted several corporate organisations which include MTN, NGOs, Government representatives and Journalists.