The fight for gender equality is not only an imperative of justice and fairness but also an entitlement and a debt owed to women.
This was according to the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo who was speaking in Abuja, where he signed up as a champion of the He-For-She campaign.
The campaign, which was launched in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, is a global effort to engage the male gender in removing the social and cultural barriers that prevent women and girls from achieving their potentials.
“Over time, the struggle has been refined to the level of a right to gender equality, the notion that women and men should have the same legal, social and political rights.
“This is a body of rights which in public law is a basis for feminism.
“This is perhaps the greatest leap of development in contemporary history, when boys and girls can’t today, take gender equality for granted, women and girls will be free to reach their full potentials to get decent education and earn equal pay for equal work, and the full potential of the other half of the population will finally be unleashed.
“The implications of these for vastly improved quality of life for all can only be imagined,” Osinbajo stressed
Several other dignitaries including politicians, traditional rulers and federal lawmakers enlisted to be a part of the campaign.
