Day: October 11, 2017

The Girl Child – A beacon of hope

They are the smiling faces that peddle wares while their mates are in the classrooms. They are the victims of sexual violence and rape you read about in the papers. They are the bodies that birth the future. They are the trail-blazers in decision making positions. They are more than the weaker sex. They are women who were once girls.

This October 11, the world celebrates the International Day of the Girl Child. A day that recognizes the right of girls, the unique challenges facing them in actualizing their dreams and to promote their empowerment to fulfill their human rights and compete favorably with their male counterparts.

It is a fact that 43 percent of Nigerian girls are married off before they are 18 years? These girls become women even before they have been given the chance to be girls. What if they had been allowed to go to school to the level they wanted and make decisions for their own lives?

What if the decisions they make would bring a turning point to their families and the world as a whole? A lot of what ifs…

Education is the basic right of every human being irrespective of gender. But sadly, research has shown that Nigeria holds the global record of the highest number of children out of school with a huge number of 10.5 million children most of which are girls.

According to statistics from UNESCO, improvement in girls’ education saved 2.1 million girls under the age of five between 1990 and 2009. This shows that education is crucial in equipping the girl child with the needed knowledge and power to become all that she can be.

As a parent, education is a worthy investment that you can make in the life of your girl child to prepare her socially, morally and politically for the future no matter what it takes for her to get there.

Every additional year of schooling for the average girl child increases her earning potential giving credence to the saying that empowered girls are a sure way to breaking the cycle of poverty for families in Nigeria and all over the world.

Join us on this week’s episode of ARM Life Living Benefits show as we look at issues that affect the girl child and how to deal with them. There is a gift voucher to be won at the end of the show. Look forward to it!

 

 

 

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Six types of people you see at a run

It’s run day and people gather in their numbers. On your mark, get set, go! They take off. Each towards their own specific goal for participating.

Let’s group our runners in categories based on specific running goals:

 

Those who came for the snacks:

Yipee! There will be free snacks and these lot are not missing out on it. What is life without freebies?

Those who came to network:

For these ones, there’s no better place to find connections and make new friends. They come armed with their phones, business cards and enthusiasm to collect numbers.

Those who came to find bae:

It’s possible that good old cupid shot his love arrow into the crowd of marathon runners and these ones are set to find their own match. They run with vigilance inspecting their love interest with every mile. Once they find chemistry, the rest of the run is history.

Those who came to look for work:

If ARM Pensions is organising the Run For The Future run/walk, there has to be company executives present right? These job seekers come ready for an on-the-run interview. Since they’ve not gotten any response from all their LinkedIn effort, a physical casual meet may work.

Those who are just bored at home:

These ones live for fun. They’ve probably seen Season 7 of Game of Thrones and every other exciting series available and have no hope of excitement for the weekend… But they need some fun and adventure. What better way to have these than at ARM Pension’s Run For the Future?

Those who came to win:

These go-getters have only one goal. They came to play and win. From the first step, their eyes are on the prize. They are possibly team ‘fitfam’. These are the ones you see with earphones and absolute focus as they launch giant strides after another. They overtake and conquer.

Which category do you fall under?

 

If you haven’t done so already, you can still register here! www.armpension.com/rftf

 

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