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 AZEEZAT OLAYIDE BABALOLA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Ilorin | Ilorin, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 5, SDG 3 & UNAI 1
" Making changes in a social system has always been something I look forward to so I would say my commitment and hard work alongside by objectivity in making a change makes me feel excited to part of the Millennium Fellow and of course getting to more people to broaden my perception in areas of making changes. SDGs is something I am hoping to contribute to especially the area of zero hunger , gender inequality. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Equal voices, No Violence
This project can be considered inclusive as it seeks to ensure gender equality and promote the well-being and mental health of women experiencing domestic violence. The project focused on supporting women by prioritizing their safety before any other intervention. Through this work, I was able to promote good health and mental well-being among participants who had experienced violence. Key factors that contributed to what went well included safety planning, strong social support systems, access to professional services, financial independence of participants, increased knowledge and awareness, mental and emotional readiness, and the availability of safe housing.
About the Millennium Fellow
Babalola Azeezat is a bright and young studying social work in University of Ilorin main campus . Her love and compassion for advocating for social justice especially to the vulnerable and less privileged people such as children, old age , the poor e. t. c . Over the years her passion for advocating for people has always inmate within her because wanted to study law in university of Ilorin but unfortunately was given social work which she did not decline because she felt it was still in line with her passion of advocating for the right of the less privileged and providing security to their well-being .
She believes that for every human being to be in a good state of mind they have the consider or rather prioritize themselves first including their mental , physical and social well-being and at the same looking out for others to have a equal balance of a better world.
Has she always says a better society those not solely has to be functioning properly because of member of the society but rather has to be functioning of both parties equally. She hopes to continue these journey with a lot of excitement and expectations and of course thanks for the opportunity to allow her to contribute to make a change
