One of the major challenges of the Girl Child Concerns and Girl-child education in the Northern part of Nigeria in general is the retention of girls in school until they complete their studies. Female students are often withdrawn from school without the knowledge of school authorities and GCC either for marriage or due to relocation of parents. It can even be because the parents are so poor that they can not continue paying school fees for a ‘child who will ultimately leave the house for another family house’ (as culture demands). One of such cases is that of Lydia Ishaya and her cousin Maryam.

STORY

Lydia Ishaya is a beneficiary of GCC’s Female Student Scholarship Scheme (FSSS) who came on board about five years ago through screening. She is eighteen years old of Karkare ward, close to Zuntu under Soba Local Government Area. An intelligent science student of Government Secondary School, Zuntu who almost dropped out of school even before taking her Senior Secondary School mock examination, November/December 2009 in preparation for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) exams to complete her secondary education.

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April 17th – 25th, 2009

The workshop started with an introduction of the Executive Director CFC communicating for Change Mrs. Sandra Obiago and her staff. The Executive Director asked all participant from both Lagos KIND (Kudirat Initiative for democracy) and Kaduna GCC Girl Child Concerns to introduce themselves.
Activities Included: Story Development & Scriptwriting, Camera Operations, lighting &Sound, Computer & Internet Appreciation, Video & Audio Editing, The Production Process

2009

Queen Amina College is among the oldest schools located at Kakuri along Kachia Road in Kaduna town. The colonial school houses the administrative building and some hostels with students preparing for their West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WSSCE). Due to it’s facilities and convenient location, registered students with Girl Child Concerns (GCC) from the 23 local government areas in Kaduna State were called to participate in the annual work shop on Life Skills Development put on by Girl Child Concerns, a Kaduna based non governmental Organization.

January, 2008

Women, irrespective of religious, social and cultural differences do have abortion, yet the reasons for doing it vary from one woman to another and her decisions are very much influenced by the social and economic contexts within which she operates. Abortion is common and universally practiced by women of all status; yet, it has remained one of the most controversial women’s reproductive rights issues in the world. Although the decision to abort or not to abort is a private and personal one between couples and within families, its practice has become a contested political issue in the US, in some European countries, in Asian and Latin American countries. Political and religious elites have contested the right of women to terminate unwanted pregnancy, thereby affecting the quality of services available to women. Other factors affecting abortion practice are religious position and perception of people towards abortion.

2007

The guest speaker was Alhaji Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar popularly known as Mairago who is the Sole Financier of all the girls who are on scholarship under the female students scholarship scheme (FSSC). In his speech he emphasis the urgent need to invest in the education of girl child who are the mothers and leaders of tomorrow. He appealed to parents not to withdraw their children from school, he also pointed out that marriage doesn’t stop any girl on continuing her education, a girl can get married and can as well be going to school because education is very important in every human lives.