Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Continuously Shattering Glass Ceilings
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian-American economist and international development expert. She sits on the boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, and the African Risk Capacity. Known to break glass ceilings in her career path, she recently made history again as the first woman and African to be appointed as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. To commemorate the 2021 International Womenâs Day celebration, Chiemelie Ezeobi profiles this amazon that stands tall and inspires million of young girls to aspire for greatness
This year, the theme for the annual International Womenâs Day (IWD) was #ChooseToChallenge and what better way to mark it than to profile Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an economist and international development expert, who recently put Nigeria on the global map by becoming the first female and first African to occupy the seat of the World T
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Celebrating International Women’s Day, USD 383 Board President Jurdene Coleman read the recognition and proclamation celebrating the “collective power of women, women’s achievements, recognizing [their]challenges, focusing of greater attention on women’s rights and gender equality, encouraging and mobilizing all people to do their part to bring about positive change.”
Representing the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Manhattan Commissioner Usha Reddi announced the organization celebrates their sixth year of community dialogues for International Women’s Day, and was very fortunate.
“This is a very important day for us, and International Women’s Day is huge, mainly because we still haven’t met the need of gender equity, not only in the city of Manhattan, but globally. Everybody’s still working on all of the equality rights that we need to have,” Reddi said.
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Bay Area political events: International Women s Day, health care
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Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted:
SATURDAY
Women’s March event: A webinar on building community and equity, hosted by the Women’s March Foundation. Noon. More information is here.
Health care for all: Rally to support state legislation, AB1400, supporting a single-payer system of health care. Organized by the Santa Clara County Single Payer Health Care Coalition. Noon, El Camino Real and Castro Street, Mountain View. More information is here.
MONDAY
George Floyd: A rally calling for justice for George Floyd to coincide with the scheduled start of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering him. Hosted by the Northern California Unemployed Committee. 4 p.m., San Jose City Hall, 200 East Santa Clara St. More information is here.