International Day Of The Girl Child – A special day for every girl child in the world, a day to celebrate and touch more on the challenges and possible solutions that can be made available for girls to feel safe.

We had lots of good messages from leading African women who are strong voices for girls make their own contribution on how special today is to them.

One of the continent’s legends, Angelique Kidjo marked the day with young girls in her country while Nigerian screen goddess, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde shared her experiences growing up.

See their posts below:

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In Benin on the International Day Of The Girl!!!

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On today's girl child day I'll do an unusual post true to me. As a child I lost my father age 12. Sponsored by a great community of Ondo men, the #Ekimogun club, so i could continue my education. At age 15, started struggling to help my widowed mother. I started working in the Entertainment Industry. While going to school, and working, faced many challenges as a female child… talks of being loose, perhaps being a prostitute,lack of freedom to mingle like male counterparts, rumours and fear of slander, sexual harassments… but one of my early dreams was to be great at whatever I chose and be side by side the best in the World. I'm Not totally there yet, … but.. That 12 years old iyanaipaja little girl did take care of her widowed mum till she died, took care of her younger brothers… they are in marriage stages now, taking care of herself and her own family, taking care of a few people she is privileged to be able to. She has worked, spoken on, been awarded on World stages , and has been compared to the people she admired when growing up , from other parts of the World… She's still a work in progress but… Dont You dare Underestimate the possibilities of a girl Child. #Educationiskey #Educationbreedsconfidence #Ressilience #deligience #Girlchild #internationaldayofgirlchild #impossibleisNothing

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