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, generally known as The VOICE Initiative, is designed to equip ladies with disabilities with sensible digital and synthetic intelligence (AI) skills to enhance their employability, promote financial inclusion and develop their participation in the digital financial system.
Speaking on the partnership, Founder of RSD Foundation, Risqat Oluwatoyin Jimoh, mentioned the initiative was geared toward guaranteeing that ladies with disabilities weren’t excluded from alternatives in the quickly evolving digital financial system.
She mentioned each younger Nigerian lady 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 muse’s dedication to constructing a society the place expertise, reasonably than circumstances, decided how far younger ladies may go.
Under the partnership, RSD Foundation will help 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 totally funded below the UNESCO REF Educational Financial Facility Scheme (EFFS).
Also talking, President of UNESCO REF, Prince Abdulsalami Ladigbolu-Oranmiyan, in a press release on Monday, described the partnership as a major step in direction of increasing entry to digital schooling and financial alternatives for ladies with disabilities.
He mentioned the initiative was conceived to be sure that ladies have been adequately geared up to take part in the rising digital financial system, no matter their circumstances.
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