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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022.  200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ADEYEMI ABDULKABIR KEHINDE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.

Olabisi Onabanjo University | Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 3

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" The need to educate, advocate and create a way forward in problems faced in health care system has always been my goal. My passion coupled with the skills I'll be gaining from the Millennium Fellowship will pave way for me and put me at the forefront of making positive changes. Being a Millennium Fellow will build me, a platform that will surely bring out the best in me. I'm so happy and excited to be chosen and I look forward to great achievements "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Igniting the Girl Child’s Potential

The United Nations holds the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) on October 11 annually to promote girl's rights, advocate for more opportunities for girls, to increase awareness on gender equality and also highlighting the challenges the girl child faces all over the world.
Following, the theme for this year's IDCG "Our time is now– Our right, Our future". The purpose of the project (Igniting the Girl Child's Potential) was to;
1.Assess the awareness of the knowledge on Bodily autonomy amongst rural adolescents girls.
2. Educate the girls comprehensively, on how to make autonomous decision about their bodies ( Bodily Autonomy) and reproductive funtions, which is the core of every girls basic rights to equality, privacy, and freedom from violence and abuse.
3. Boost the girls confidence on applying the principle of bodily autonomy in their daily lives, how to asserts their sexual and reproductive rights.
4. Inform them about women's right agencies such as UNFPA, UNWomen WOCON e.tc Hence, reducing gender gaps, unwanted pregnancies, discrimination and violence among adolescents.

About the Millennium Fellow

Adeyemi Abdulkabir Kehinde is a medical student at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State,Nigeria.Over the years he has acquired logical,precisive,proactive,initiative , cooperative , inventive and leadership skills. All these skills he acquired are from his experiences as a volunteer in outreaches,team works, attending seminars, and being part of organization that strives to make the society better.
Having been involved in a lot of activities in the society, he is passionate about bringing positive changes to health care system and promoting SDGs goals. Some of his life goals include to be a certified medical doctor, a public speaker and a leader.

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