ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT OLIVIA OYINTARI GOIN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Afe Babalola University Ado | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 5 & UNAI 3
" I believe that giving a woman the tools to advocate for herself gives her confidence to walk into and own any space and this begins with knowing herself in totality. A woman who is physically and mentally well can channel her resources to the betterment of not just herself but her community and society. It is therefore essential to give her a voice and a hand through which she can rise. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: BrightHer-Lifesavers Initiative
Project Title: BrightHer-LifeSavers Initiative
Project Focus: Empowering women and girls through Health, Literacy, and Human Rights and Empowering Individuals with Life Saving Skills(CPR)
Project Overview
The BrightHer-LifeSavers Initiative aims to promote women’s health and empowerment through:
• Health Education: Menstrual hygiene, adequate nutrition, reproductive care, and maternal and child health.
• Life-Saving Skills: Training participants in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and other basic emergency response techniques.
Through these activities, we were able to advance Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, 4, and 5 — Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, and Gender Equality.
About the Millennium Fellow
Oyintari Olivia Goin, is a 5th year medical student at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. She is pursuing this degree to enable fulfilling her dream of being properly educated and equipped on the health and wellness of the woman and the female child. Olivia's project aims to pass on this knowledge and how to apply them in self advocacy to women and the next generation of girls. Growing up in Nigeria, Olivia has seen the discrepancy in the already lacking women's healthcare between Nigeria and the rest of the world. After graduating, she plans to specialise in Obstetrics and Gynaecology to further this passion and project.
