The first lady of Ekiti State and wife of the state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has received the “Gender Main-streaming Award.”
The award presented to the state government by the UN Women is in recognition of the achievements of Ekiti State Sustainable Development Goals Office in the area of gender main-streaming.
At the presentation of the award, the state SDGs Secretary and Focal Person, Mr. Olukayode Adunmo, explained that one of the 17 sustainable goals, precisely, goal 5 is to “Achieve gender equality and empower all Women and Girls.”
According to Adunmo who presented the award, “Ekiti State SDGs office had always been fully involved in making this goal a reality through the various policies and programmes introduced and executed by the administration.”
Going by reports, UNWomen in partnership with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs (OSSAP-SDGs) had invited the SDGs office in the 36 states to submit summary of their works on gender main-streaming and Ekiti State’s entry came first, hence the recognition.
