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.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT OMIDIJI MARY ABIOLA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Olabisi Onabanjo University | Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 6
" "Being a part of The Voice that stands for justice in the society has been my goal. This has enhanced my passion for social impact in my society and globally. Being a Fellow in Millennium Fellowship will give me the right skills for effective social impact and community outreaches that is also associated with the SDG goals and UNAI principles. I am so excited to learn more and increase my performance of being The Voice that stands for justice and also impacting lives positively." "
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
Jesutofunmi Mary Omidiji is enthusiastic, optimistic and smart. She's a student of the prestigious school Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State Nigeria, where she study Pharmacology. She was born and also reside in Nigeria. Jesutofunmi is committed to impacting everyone around her positively. Her compassionate and empathetic nature towards people fuels her passion for advococaies for women's rights, gender equality and quality education. With years of service in community outreach initiatives, and lot of social impact she has involved into for the development of the United Nations' Sustainable Goal. Jesutofunmi is ready to take her social impact to the next level and into a professional field, in other to effectively reach out and impact lives.
