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  October 11, 2019 – International Day of the Girl Child FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE +2348057799777 (Abuja); +2347087784788 (Lagos); +19175046204 (NY); +12022887866 (DC) THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO RESCUE THE CHIBOK GIRLS Saturday, October 5, 2019 marked 2,000 Days since 276 schoolgirls were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram.   §   57 girls escaped in the first 24 hours.   §   In the last 5 years, 107 of the 219 girls held captive either escaped; were released after negotiations; or were found after the army liberated the areas where they were being held.   §   To date, 112 Chibok Girls remain captives of the terrorists. The Bring Back Our Girls movement decided to meet daily at the Unity Fountain in Abuja after the first protest on April 30 th because we believed we needed to put consistent pressure on the President Goodluck Jonathan government to find and rescue the Chibok Girls. Our initial engagements a

iconic photo of Sudanese women dubbed "Kandake" (Queen) led protest that culminated in fall of Omar el Bashir regime BROOKLYN COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE SPRING 2012 POLITICAL SCIENCE 3412 / AFRICANA STUDIES 3365/ WOMEN’S STUDIES 3447:  AFRICAN WOMEN AND FEMINISM Wednesday 12:50-03:30PM; 2611 JAMES HALL Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome, Ph.D., 3413 James Hall Phone:  (718) 951-5000, ext. 1742; fax:  (718) 951-4833 email:  mokome@brooklyn.cuny.edu , mojubaolu@gmail.com Office Hours:  Mondays & Wednesdays, 4-5pm and by appointment **When sending email, please write “African Women and Feminism in the subject line so that I can prioritize answering your email. Preferred Email address: mojubaolu@gmail.com COURSE DESCRIPTION Feminists assume that there are commonalities shared by all women in the world, which arise from the exercise of patriarchy. As a critical movement, feminism brought a great deal of necessary awareness to the injustices o