ADOLESCENT GIRLS LEARNING FORUM (ADOLEF), LEGISLATORS & DELEGATES CONFERENCE ON ENDING CHILD MARRAIGE 2022
ADOLESCENT GIRLS LEARNING FORUM (ADOLEF), LEGISLATORS & DELEGATES CONFERENCE ON ENDING CHILD MARRAIGE 2022
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A three-day conference on innovative strategies to address child marriage and teengage pregancies in Ghana.
A three-day conference on innovative strategies to address child marriage and teengage pregancies in Ghana.
Day 1
Day 1
A brief description of Day 1 - Briefing/ Mini-conferencing of girls on what to expect at the Parliamentary forum.
A brief description of Day 1 - Briefing/ Mini-conferencing of girls on what to expect at the Parliamentary forum.
There will be an ideation session in the evening where the adolescent girls will develop ideas on how to improve or adjust the existing interventions and mentorship sessions.
Day 2
Day 2
A brief description of Day 2 - ADOLEF
A brief description of Day 2 - ADOLEF
This is a platform for girls to learn and share success stories of GPECM and exhibit products they produced through their economic empowerment classes. There will be a panel and focus group debate as well as innovation incubation sessions where groups will brainstorm and develop creative solutions to end teenage pregnancies and child marriage. The groups will present their ideas and the best idea will receive funding and technical support for its rollout.
Day 3
Day 3
A brief description of Day 3 - Delegates and Legislators Conference.
A brief description of Day 3 - Delegates and Legislators Conference.
Interaction of adolescent girls and boys with parliamentarians have an intergenerational conversation on issues affecting adolescents and a mentorship session.
The goal of this event is to document innovative strategies to address child marriage, teenage pregnancy, and other harmful practices.
The goal of this event is to document innovative strategies to address child marriage, teenage pregnancy, and other harmful practices.
Through the mentorship sessions the adolescent girls will be empowered to make informed decisions about their lives.
The Speakers
The Speakers
MR. CHARLES ABANI
UN Resident Cordinator
Mr. Charles Abani is a seasoned international development practitioner with over 25 years of experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors having worked in senior country and regional leadership roles in Africa, Asia, and in Europe. Specifically, he has worked with ActionAid International, Oxfam GB, Absolute Return for Kids, Palladium and Chemonics. Mr. Abani has also led the successful implementation of projects for DFID and USAID. Most recently, Charles served as Africa Director in Chemonics’ UK Division, prior to which he led USAID’ flagship civil society project in Nigeria – USAID-SACE.
Mr. Abani is from the Federal Republic of Nigeria and holds a BA in History from the University of Nigeria, an MSC in Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University and an executive management certificate from Oxford University.
He takes over from Ms. Sylvia Lopez-Ekra who served in dual capacity as UN Resident Coordinator ai for 18 months and as Chief of Mission for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in charge of Ghana, Togo and Benin.
MR. BARNABAS YISA
UNFPA Representative a.i
Mr. Yisa, Barnabas has over 35 years of working experience in education, communication, advocacy, and development as well as humanitarian response at national and international levels. He was a lecturer at College of Education Minna and part-time lecturer at Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. He worked as the Chief Education Research Officer & Head of Population Education Department, Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council, Nigeria. In 1990 Mr. Yisa joined UNESCO as Chief Technical Advisor for Population Family Life Education, in Sierra Leone and then as Africa Regional Population Education Adviser based in Ethiopia. Thereafter, he worked as Regional Behaviour Change Communication and Advocacy Adviser, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New York.
Mr. Yisa has served in the capacity as UNFPA Representative in the Republic of Sierra Leone, The State of Eritrea, the Republic of South Sudan, and as UNFPA Representative a.i. in Tanzania and South Africa respectively.
Mr. Yisa retired from international service and is now based in Abuja, Nigeria as an independent consultant in population and development, and programme management. Currently, he is UNFPA Representative a.i in Ghana. His educational qualifications include BA Education from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, MSc Population Studies from University of Jos, Nigeria and MA Theology of leadership and Ministry from University of Roehampton, United Kingdom.
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