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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT OBANIJESU IFEOLUWA IDOWU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.

Afe Babalola University Ido | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 1, SDG 4, SDG 5 & UNAI 1, UNAI 6

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" I am ready to expand my capacity and explore my capabilities on a scale where I meet a global need. I am looking forward to working with other Millennium Fellows on my campus to rub minds together on how realistically, we will continue to improve the quality of health for women in our communities and beyond. The social impact we will make excites me principally because it aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals! "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Pad A Girl

Pad a Girl Project is a menstrual health initiative aimed at addressing the challenges faced by young girls in underserved communities due to inadequate access to menstrual hygiene products. The project focuses on distributing sanitary pads, providing menstrual hygiene education, and offering emotional support to empower girls to attend school with confidence and dignity.
Aligned with SDGs 1 (No Poverty), 3 (Good Health and Well-being), 4 (Quality Education), and 5 (Gender Equality), this initiative seeks to reduce absenteeism in schools, improve menstrual health awareness, and promote gender equity by breaking the stigma surrounding menstruation.
Through our efforts, we aim to create lasting change by ensuring that no girl is held back by a lack of access to basic menstrual health needs.

About the Millennium Fellow

This is Obanijesu Ifeoluwa Idowu, a creative young mind currently on a journey to save lives as a medical student at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti. Born and bred here in Nigeria, she has spent most of her life in Rivers state, Lagos state where she lives, and now Ekiti state where she goes to school. Two years ago during her first clinical posting at school in her fourth year when she began obstetrics and gynecology, Obanijesu developed a keen interest in women’s health and empowerment. She has never been more passionate about anything like this before. Especially because the health care system in a developing nation like Nigeria is defective, women are even more vulnerable to substandard care in most parts of the country. Interestingly so, there are also a few female physicians in the obstetrics and gynecology field in Nigeria. This being her field of interest further drove her to be a part of various Standing Committees advocating for women’s health, sexual health and gender based violence. Eventually becoming an executive member two years in a row, this is given Obanijesu the opportunity to effect change in her own little way via awareness, advocacy and outreaches in communities around her. She also volunteers for medical outreaches within her community back home. This, she aspires to continue beyond her student years and well into her medical career. Now, she strives for more effectual change by educating and promoting women’s health as a contribution to the development of United Nation’s Sustainable Goals.

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