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ABUJA, Nigeria, March 8, 2023/PRNewswire/ -- March 8 marks International Women's Day, recognizing the significant achievements of women around the world. In Nigeria, a team of talented women from the Diplomatic Corps is working with Nigeria's United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and federal and state government leaders to restore eight communities in northeast Nigeria, a devastated region by years of insurgency caused by Boko Haram.

The team includes a stabilization steering committee that includes six women from the Ngarannam community. It also has an architect, an engineer, key personnel from Nigeria and partners from Sweden, Germany and the EU.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock traveled to Nigeria in December to visit Ngarannam. The newly built community recently reopened with support from UNDP's Regional Stabilization Fund (RSF). The community has received strong support from Germany, along with other EU partners, including the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands and the Nigerian government.

Thousands of residents have returned to their homes in Ngarannam, where twenty percent of all jobs to rebuild the community went to women.

Minister Baerbock acknowledged that security in north-eastern Nigeria requires more than defeating extremism: "Security also means being able to trust state structures, trust the police force again and see a future for your children, thanks to education , health care and especially food safety".

The women's team behind the work taking place in North East Nigeria also includes:

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