Ugochi Ohajuruka

06/11/2019

HIGHLY LIFTED AND HIGHLY FAVORED...

13/10/2019

Later in the evening, the Ambassador of Finland and his wife invited me for a dinner at their residence.
I signed a copy of my book and presented to Her Excellency Dr. Pulkkinen and I also ran into Ms Comfort Lamptey the Country Director UN WOMEN who having gone through the book is excited about the possibilities it holds and we shared ideas on ways of getting the book across every girl ,everywhere!...💃🏻

Don’t mind my tired look ooo! I had a hectic day and still had to force a smile all through the cocktail.

13/10/2019

OCTOBER 11th is annually celebrated as International Day of the Girl Child. It was commemorated in a spectacular way in Abuja by the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands in partnership with Health Aid For All Initiative (HAFAI). The day's event was graced by The Ambassador Designate of The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands,The Australian Ambassador,The Rep of the UN WOMEN Country Director,Rep of the Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management,Ministry of Women Affairs ,FCT Education Board , traditional rulers and other dignitaries, students, teachers and parents.
The event highlighted the basic needs of the girl child regarding Menstrual Health and Human Rights and called on governments, schools and other stakeholders to support the girl child in attaining her full potentials.

The event hosted by HAFAI also witnessed the public presentation of a book titled "The Red Diamond: Puberty Periods and People” so when next you see me call me an author💃🏻...The book”The Red Diamond-Puberty Periods and People” is an educational tool to help young people learn about Puberty ,Human Rights and Emerging Issues .
The unveiling was done by the Ambassador Designate of the Netherlands Embassy.

08/06/2019

8,000 plus delegates came together at the Vancouver convention center Canada to attend the Women Deliver Conference-World largest conference on gender equality ,health,rights and wellbeing of women and girls in the 21st century.

Four Presidents were in attendance, President of Ethiopia,Ghana,Kenya and of course our energetic host,Prime Minister of Canada ,H.E Justin Trudeau.

This years Conference presented new knowledge,promoted world class solutions and engaged a broad spectrum of voices in health and rights.

My friend and travel buddy, Dr Amina Aminu( Technical Director SHOPs plus USAID) and I are re-energized and will continue to change the world for the better and of course, having fun while we are at it. !!!

01/06/2019

Honored to be a panelist at the breakfast debate organized by the French Embassy to discuss issues relating to women’s health.
It was a very thought provoking session!

27/04/2019

Honored to have been invited to the celebration of the birthday of His Majesty King Williem-Alexander by the Chargee’ d’ Affaires of the kingdom of the Netherlands, Ms Marion Kappeyne Van de Coppello.
I had a wonderful evening enjoying finger foods and Champagne and discussing issues around Nigeria’s over population and migration challenge with the very energetic Kerri Greenhough of the Canadian High Commission.

18/04/2019

I came across this picture I took with a great legend of our time ,A former Minister of Justice and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria,the Galadimawa of Katsina State and Former President of the Nigerian Courts of Appeal, HRH Justice Mamman Nasir.

He was a great advocate of women and girls health.During one of my visits as an IP with UNICEF, he gave me a lot of reasons why girls and women need to be educated and empowered.He also ensured that our project at Malumfashi did not suffer any setbacks. He was popularly known as a model for integrity, kindness,piety,simplicity and charity.

A strong advocate of women and girls health has passed !

Adieu Galadimawa!

08/04/2019

As one of the partners for the medical/Surgical outreach hosted by ANPA(Association of Nigerian Physicians in America), we are excited that this day has finally come !
After several months of planning and strategizing via Skype ,our doctors in the diaspora have arrived!

The Minister for Health Prof Issac Adewole was present and declared the program open!
He thanked all the partners for making the program a huge success.

The President of ANPA Dr Chaimaine, The National President of Business and Professional Women(BPW) Mrs YINKA Ajibola and the Former FIRS M.D Mrs Ifueko Okauro where honored with Chieftaincy titles by the excited Emir of JIWA, HRH Idris Musa.

If you know any indigent person needing medical attention, kindly refer them to Primary health centre JIWA or Tungwa kwazo FCT ABUJA from April 5th-10th.

Find details in the flier👇🏾.
Follow on tweeter and Instagram for daily updates! We are in Day 3 Already!

03/04/2019

Commission on the Status of Women is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women, Every year, the Commission (CSW) holds a two-week session which is the second biggest event in the UN calendar after the UN General Assembly.
The just concluded 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York between the 11th and 22nd of March 2019, and was attended by Representatives of the UN Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world, and was ably represented by her Executive Director, Dr Ugochi Ohajuruka who was also one of the panelist at the parallel session.
The Priority for this year was the theme of Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, thus, issues of Adolescent Health and its interconnections with Gender Equality was on the front burner.
The Message is loud and Simple, Family Planning and Menstrual health are Human Rights issues!

Our government has to do more to mainstream Family Planning and Menstrual Health into regional and national policies and work towards its implementation. Addressing these issues will require a multisectoral approach because of its important role in facilities design and delivery.

The WASH sector has a key role to play as well, but addressing taboos will require more than facilities.

Family Planning and Menstrual health have links to a number of policy fields and topics, including Girl Child Education, Adolescent Health, Child Marriage, Water and Sanitation, Women in Development, Gender Equality, the treatment of prisoners, the rights of rural women, Sexual and reproductive health, Extreme Poverty among others.
We will keep pushing till all these goals are achieved!

31/03/2019

Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers and potential mothers! May God give us the grace to raise Champions that will impact humanity positively.

28/11/2018