ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2020
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2020, 15,159 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2020 on 1,458 campuses across 135 nations. 80 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 1,000+ Millennium Fellows. The Class of 2020 is bold, innovative, and inclusive.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT OLUWAFUNMILAYO VICTORIA ELLIOT, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2020.
University of Lagos College of Medicine | Lagos, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 6
" I am really excited to be a Millennium fellow because it provides me with a platform to acquire knowledge, build up my professional skills and simultaneously have an effect in my immediate community and also impact the lives of people through the process. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Girl Power Initiative
The Girl Power Initiative is a project aimed at empowering females and promoting gender equality. This project will focus on addressing and tackling the issue of gender based violence, educating females of their basic human rights and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights so that they are well informed and would know when it's being violated, and also preparing women for leadership roles.
The project objectives are:
1. Informing the public about the dangers of gender-based violence and importance of gender equality through organising a series of awareness programs targeted at reaching 50-100 people.
2. To provide support and proper referral to victims of gender-based violence.
3. To educate 50-100 females on their human and sexual reproductive health and rights
4. To build capacity among women by equipping them with leadership skills.
We will host online webinars and campaigns through the use of posters on various social media platforms promoting gender equality, rights of the girl child and tackling the issue of gender-based violence.
About the Millennium Fellow
Elliot Oluwafunmilayo is a final year student of Nursing at University of Lagos. She is currently a member of the student academic unit of her department which helps in making learning easier for students in the department. She is also serving as the Vice president of a Christian fellowship in her school.
Oluwafunmilayo is passionate about gender equality and protection of the female rights, she believes that empowering young females with knowledge on their rights and leadership skills is a powerful tool in attaining gender equality. She also loves working with people and hopes to be a global female leader.
