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 BUSOLA DEBORAH FAGBENRO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta | Abeokuta, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 6
" I believe in investing in the creation of our own identity, which is not just for today but for generations to come. I have the capacity is to do great things and I can bring great change to the world just as I have envisioned it. This mindset has always helped in putting my passion into action and become the change maker that I have always seen.
I am so excited to be a Millennium Fellow as I believe the Millennium Campus Network is a platform for me to hone my leadership skills through trainings and mentorship with global intellectuals and to connect with them. Getting to meet and network with great minds from different campuses intrigues me. Being a Millennium Fellow means getting my ideas heard and also, developing new ideas and policies to solve social problems in international spaces towards global transformation. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Girls Lead
The Girls Lead project is a joint project which will be lead by Fagbenro Busola and Ogunkeye Inioluwa. The Girls Lead project addresses the Sustainable Development Goal 5. This project serves as a call to action for radical social change to tear down barriers of prejudice and discrimination that hold girls down. It aims to identify gender stereotypes and debunk myths of gender equality that hinders equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities for girls in secondary schools. Through this project, the girls will be exposed to and will be able to identify various patriarchal norms that affect their lives and they'll see reasons why these norms should not define or shape them. They'll understand that they can be a voice and take up meaningful roles that affect the shaping of their identities and of generations to come. This means that the passion for transformative change will be infused in them through this program.
The project will be carried out on the International Day of the Girl Child. The 2022 International Day of the Girl Child focuses on the investment in girls' rights. Girls continue to confront lots of challenges to fulfill their potential. The ability of girls to face these challenges shows their tenacity and resilience which means there's an ability, and this ability can be channeled into being change makers - tackling these challenges or external threats, instead of settling for them. When change makers are raised, the global gender gap can be bridged.
It aims to reach out to 400 girls in 3 High Schools in Ibadan, Oyo state. A South Western state in Nigeria.
At the end of the program, the girls will:
• Become enlightened about gender equality and how they can achieve this, starting with their immediate communities.
• Understand the constraints posed by gender stereotypes on themselves as individuals, their community, and the world.
• Come to understand their self worth and see themselves as individuals to be celebrated.
• Develop tolerance, empathy, a capacity for ethical decision-making, and a commitment to contributing towards a greater good which is Gender equality.
About the Millennium Fellow
Busola Fagbenro is passionate about leadership, civic engagement and responsibility. She is committed to community services and social development, especially through the SDGs 4&5 - promoting quality education and girls' and women's human rights. She has and is still actively contributing her quota to this cause as a facilitator at The Sapphires Development Initiative (TSDI). She's also a Global Youth Ambassador at Theirworld in the United Kingdom, a body that commited to ending the global education crisis.
Busola is a third-year biochemistry student at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta in Nigeria. Inspired to make a difference in the world, she loves to meet and leave a long-lasting impact on individuals.
