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 IFUNANYACHUKWU OTITOCHUKWU ADINWERUKA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of Calabar | Calabar, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" "I'm excited to learn from leaders around the world and develop the necessary skills to help my community" "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Safe Space
Safe Space is a project that aims to teach and show young girls with in the age 15-21 years about their sexual health. It will cover sex, menstruation, STDs, how to use/choosing Contraception, Breast and Cervical Cancer, puberty and so much more.
Safe space will provide a safe space (pun intended) where Sex, Sexual health, consent, bodily autonomy, topics not often discussed in the Nigerian Society can be talked about without judgement, or shame, or side eyes. In safe space, Young girls/Women, will feel at peace with their bodies and sexual health.
The main aim of safe space is to erase the hole created by lack of adequate Sexual health education and the policing of the bodies of young girls & women. Empowering them to make the best Sexual and Reproductive decisions for themselves.
Additionally, we hope to create a ripple effect, where they can discuss the knowledge earned with their friends, daughters, neighbors without shame or prejudice thereby creating a society where these topics can finally be spoken out loud.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ifunanyachukwu Adinweruka is a medical student at the University of Calabar. She is passionate about Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights. Her project focuses on providing sexual education to teens and young adults in her community. Through the project she aims to create a safe space where issues concerning sexual health can be spoken freely about without sociocultural bias.
She volunteers in various NGOs promoting Sexual and Reproductive health and Rights. She hopes for a world where everyone has equal, adequate access to sexual health services.
