 As the global community commemorates World Population Day, Kaduna State has joined the counterparts in celebrating the day by urging Nigerian governments at all levels to invest in women and girls' education to fully harness their potential in nation-building. The 2023 theme is on releasing the power of gender equality, uplifting the voices of women and girls to unlock our world's infinite possibilities. Speaking to Director-General Kaduna State's Contributory Health Management Authority, Abu Bakr Hassan said, State's government has put mechanisms in place to address gender violence in number of rape issues for women and the girl child. It's a signal to say we will not condone as a state any act that would break our own. The role of the girl child is not about the kitchen, the role of the girl child or the woman. It's not about cooking at home, the role of a woman or the girl child. It's not about going to the bushes to bring out the wounds. It's not about the woman or the girl who goes, whose road is going to the stream to fetch water. The woman or the girl has greater potential to help shield the world. Some of the women advocates say empowering women with skills and opportunities will encourage them to fulfill their desires and aspirations in society. They added that investing heavily in education, health and other areas will solve many gender related problems and gender equality in the state. So we've been able to provide education, training and skill and also commodities for family planning services and reproductive health services. One of those projects is the Mata Sammatang Arewa with adolescent SFH which is the A360 and it targets marriage adolescents between the ages, young teenagers, adolescents in our local government areas and they are provided with knowledge and skill to empower them, arts and crafts, knowledge and skill in housekeeping. They are also trained in reproductive health and fertility care for themselves and their family. Gender and social inclusion policy is there. The HEA4CE program, we are even bringing in a different perspective to get the woman to unleash her potential inclusion. These men as advocates for this gender inclusion policy. These are all what we need to do, areas around nutrition, areas around family planning. Heavy investment in terms of what we have at the primary health care services. Also supporting women identifying their different needs through age and data statistics in the state. These are all ways government of the state is looking to support the needs of women looking to provide the necessary environment so that the woman and the girl child will realize their full potentials in the state. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.