The Read and Earn Federation for UNESCO (UNESCO REF) and the Risqat Societal Development Foundation (RSD Foundation) have partnered to roll out a digital skills empowerment programme for ladies serving in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who’re residing with disabilities.
The initiative, often known as The VOICE Initiative, is designed to equip girls with disabilities with sensible digital and synthetic intelligence (AI) skills to enhance their employability, promote financial inclusion and increase their participation in the digital economic system.
Speaking on the partnership, Founder of RSD Foundation, Risqat Oluwatoyin Jimoh, mentioned the initiative was aimed toward making certain that girls with disabilities weren’t excluded from alternatives in the quickly evolving digital economic system.
She mentioned each younger Nigerian girl deserved equal alternatives to contribute to nationwide growth, no matter her bodily circumstances.
“By standing with UNESCO REF behind The VOICE Initiative, we are making sure that women corps members living with disabilities are not spectators of the digital age, but its builders,” she mentioned.
Jimoh added that the partnership represented the inspiration’s dedication to constructing a society the place expertise, fairly than circumstances, decided how far younger girls may go.
Under the partnership, RSD Foundation will assist the identification, enrolment and sustained participation of eligible corps members, whereas UNESCO REF will present the curriculum, certification and programme supply.
The VOICE Initiative, which stands for Visionary, Outcomes-Driven AI for Inclusion, Capacity for Empowerment, is an expert development programme for ladies with disabilities in Nigeria and Africa.
Its first course, AI Innovation and Digital Enterprise (AIDE), is absolutely funded beneath the UNESCO REF Educational Financial Facility Scheme (EFFS).
Also talking, President of UNESCO REF, Prince Abdulsalami Ladigbolu-Oranmiyan, in an announcement on Monday, described the partnership as a big step in the direction of increasing entry to digital schooling and financial alternatives for ladies with disabilities.
He mentioned the initiative was conceived to be sure that girls have been adequately outfitted to take part in the rising digital economic system, no matter their circumstances.
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