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Category Archives: Women Leaders
Anna Tibaijuka
Dr. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka (b.1950) is an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT). She is the highest ranking African woman in the UN System. Born in Tanzania, Tibaijuka studied Agricultural Economics at the Swedish University of Agricultural … Continue reading
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Tagged african woman, african women, agricultural economics, asha rose migiro, board member, Dar es Salaam, eastern africa, food security, fourth world conference, Fourth World Conference on Women, government delegation, human settlements, marginalized groups, Member States, Millennium Development Goal, scientific advisory board, secretary general of the united nations, security trade, sub-Saharan Africa, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, tanzanian government, un secretary general, united nations, united nations conference, world food summit, world summit
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Asha-Rose Migiro
Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro (born July 9, 1956 in Songea, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania) is a Tanzanian lawyer and politician. On January 5, 2007, she was named as theDeputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. She was formally appointed and assumed office on February 1. She is married to … Continue reading
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Tagged congo drc, council of ministers, democratic republic of the congo, deputy secretary general, entering politics, faculty of law, international cooperation, jakaya kikwete, migiro, minister of community development, minister of foreign affairs, ministerial committee, ministers meetings, new cabinet, republic of the congo, secretary general of the united nations, security cooperation, senior lecturer, united republic of tanzania, university of konstanz
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Safi Faye
Safi Faye (b. November 22, 1943) is a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. She was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film. She has directed several documentary and fiction films focussing on rural life in … Continue reading
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Tagged african woman, fiction films, film director, film school, film sound, first feature film, french ministry, guest lecturer, hautes études, international recognition, jal, passante, passerby, rural life, safi faye, sorbonne, teaching certificate, university of berlin, university of paris, wolof
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Ngozi Eze
Image via Wikipedia Ngozi Eze has been the Country Director for Women for Women International in Nigeria since 2003 and has helped more than 13,000 women forge a future in a country ravaged by corruption and civil unrest. In 2005, … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement award, Africa, amelia earhart, civil conflict, civil unrest, community leaders, community violence, country director, Education, eze, female genital cutting, hiv aids, Lagos, muslim communities, Nigeria, non governmental organization, northern nigeria, People, private firms, public institutions, religious backgrounds, rights education, status of women, traditional practices, widowhood, Women, women for women international
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FannyAnn Eddy
Fannyann Viola Eddy (1974–2004) was an activist for lesbian and gay rights in her native Sierra Leone and throughout Africa. In 2002, she founded the Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association, the first of its kind in Sierra Leone. She … Continue reading
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Tagged activist, Africa, fannyann eddy, gay association, gay rights, geneva, honour, international groups, left behind, poetry award, Sierra Leone, three men, united nations, viola
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Wangari Maathai
Wangari Muta Maathai (born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya) is a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica College and the University of Pittsburgh, … Continue reading
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Dr. Christiana Thorpe
Dr. Christiana Thorpe (born 1955 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is the current chief of the Sierra Leone National Electoral Commission, an independent agency created by the Sierra Leone government and is in charge of organising and supervising national, regional and … Continue reading
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Tagged daily press briefings, decisiveness, electoral commissioner, freetown sierra leone, independent agency, infectious smile, language choice, local elections, national electoral, offici, political rhetoric, sierra leone government, sierra leone national electoral commission, sierra leoneans, style of leadership, television address, tenterhooks, transparent elections, valentine strasser
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