{"id":15521,"date":"2026-06-20T12:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-celebrates-all-women-on-international-womens-day\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:32:32","slug":"iita-celebrates-all-women-on-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-celebrates-all-women-on-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA celebrates all women on International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 9 March,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0celebrated the International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) 2020, at the Institute\u2019s headquarters. The theme for this year\u2019s observance was \u201cGeneration Equality: Realizing equal rights for an equal future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IWD\u00a0is a day globally recognized to celebrate the achievements of women in various fields such as social, economic, cultural and political as well as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_28132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28132\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28132\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IWD-2020-p01-300x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"IITA staff trying out the equality sign during the gender equality seminar.\" width=\"553\" height=\"277\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IITA staff trying out the equality sign during the gender equality seminar.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As is the usual practice to recognize and appreciate women\u2019s valuable contributions to the Institute, IITA marked this important occasion by organizing a walk for staff and students of the IITA International school. A seminar also took place to discuss gender equality in the workplace and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the seminar,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/dashiell-kenton\/\">Kenton Dashiell<\/a>, Deputy Director-General, Partnerships for Delivery, encouraged staff to endeavor to continually promote gender equality in the workplace. \u201cA gender-equal IITA can be healthier, wealthier, and more harmonious,\u201d he said. Dashiell further enjoined staff to do what they can to make a positive difference for women working in IITA and around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_28133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28133\" style=\"width: 872px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28133\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IWD-2020-p05-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"IITA Abuja staff also participated, showing the equality sign.\" width=\"872\" height=\"437\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IITA Abuja staff also participated, showing the equality sign.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In achieving gender equality,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/patricia-nanteza\/\">Patricia Nanteza<\/a>, IITA science writer, called for gender-insensitive behavior to be penalized. However, in a speech in a video clip at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitstockholm.com\/\">Stockholm<\/a>\u00a0Forum on Gender Equality,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimamanda.com\/\">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/a>\u00a0said that to establish gender equality, it is necessary to change laws that diminish women, but that it is more important to change the mindset of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the IITA women also performed a short playlet to pass the message that men and women must work together for gender equity to be possible.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 9 March, IITA celebrated the International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) 2020, at the Institute\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15522,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[198],"class_list":["post-15521","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-198"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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