#sherowednesday

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Amina Hayatu Jidda is the founder of Meena Orphan In Need Foundation, a charity based organisation that is situated in Kaduna which she founded in 2019. Amina is a graduate of Cooperative Studies from Kaduna Polytechnic. She worked with FCMB and later joined Hamima Hayat multipurpose cooperative society as chairperson in 2018. Amina is currently the Secretary General of the Kaduna State Coalition of Cooperative Societies. Since its inception in 2019, Meena Orphan In Need Foundation, have been involved in Empowering Orphans and the less privileged in her community. They have Trained 250 Orphans and less privileged in various skills acquisition in Catering, Knitting, Cosmetology, and ICT. We live in a world that encompasses a major share of the poor and downtrodden. Each person may have a different need in his/her life. While some yearn for success, some don’t have the most basic amenities such as a shelter or enough food to eat. But that’s not all, some people may be in need of mere affection, those who are longing to see smiles. Amina Hayatu Jidda is one individual who loves to put smiles on the faces of the less privileged in the society. EWEI celebrates her today as our #Shero for her selfless service to humanity. #sherowednesday #sheroes https://www.instagram.com/p/CIS1qoUBT0P/?igshid=1mnpew2xafeqh

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Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe was born and grew up in Soweto. Her mother, Martha Rose Moroesi Moloi, was a nurse, and her father was a teacher. She is of Tswana descent. She graduated from WITS University with an MDBCh and became a general medical practitioner. She also has a diploma in Children's health and later furthered her studies and obtained a diploma in Women and Reproductive Health from Stellenbosch University. Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe is the Co-Chair, Motsepe Foundation. She is a businesswoman and philanthropist who started her career in medicine. Dr. Moloi-Motsepe is a passionate advocate for women’s rights, and promotes initiatives aimed at achieving economic, political, and social equality. As a doctor, she established the first women's clinic in Johannesburg, and received the Elizabeth Tshabalala Award for her cancer awareness efforts and pioneering work in women’s health in South Africa. She is Patron of Birdlife South Africa and Patron of Child Welfare South Africa. She is past President of the Cancer Association of South Africa and is now its lifetime member. She sits on the board of Synergos, an organization dedicated to addressing global poverty and social injustice through collaboration with governments, business, and civil society, by creating sustainable systems change. She worked as a general practitioner for over 20 years. While she was employed by the Medical College of Virginia, her interest in women's health grew, and upon returning to her homeland in 1993, she opened one of Johannesburg's first women's health clinics. She currently heads the Motsepe Foundation, established in 1999. The foundation is purposed to support marginalized communities in pursuing their inspirations and lift themselves from extreme poverty. Precious Motsepe created the Women Economic Development department in the Family Foundation to focus only on issues that promote women's' equality and improve their welfare. She also established the African Fashion International in 2007, to mentor upcoming fashion designers in South Africa. @patricemot @motsepefoundation @patricemotsepe_ #sheroes #sherowednesday https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvBmBXAdM1/?igshid=rxx934oc29w2

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Angélique Kidjo is a Beninese singer-songwriter, actress, and activist who is noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. In 2007, Time Magazine has called her "Africa's premier diva". The BBC has included her in its list of the continent's 50 most iconic figures, and in 2011 The Guardian listed her as one of their Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World. Forbes Magazine has ranked Angelique as the first woman in their list of the Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa. She is the recent recipient of the prestigious 2015 Crystal Award given by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the 2016 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award, and the 2018 German Sustainability Award. As a performer, her striking voice, stage presence and fluency in multiple cultures and languages have won respect from her peers and expanded her following across national borders. Kidjo has cross-pollinated the West African traditions of her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk and jazz, as well as influences from Europe and Latin America. Angelique also travels the world advocating on behalf of children in her capacity as a UNICEF and OXFAM goodwill Ambassador. At the G7 Summit in 2019, President Macron of France named Kidjo as the spokesperson for the AFAWA initiative (Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa) to help close the financing gap for women entrepreneurs in Africa. She has also created her own charitable foundation, Batonga, dedicated to support the education of young girls in Africa. #sherowednesday @angeliquekidjo https://www.instagram.com/p/CHd1EcnBz1J/?igshid=r3komoqr63wk

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Aya Chebbi, an award-winning Pan-African feminist. She is the first ever African Union Special Envoy on Youth and the youngest diplomat at the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet. She rose to prominence as a voice for democracy and shot to global fame as a political blogger during 2010/2011 Tunisia’s Revolution. She recently received 2019 Gates Foundation Campaign Award and was named in Forbes’ 50 Africa’s 50 Most Powerful Women. She is the founder of multiple platforms such as Afrika Youth Movement (AYM), one of Africa’s largest Pan-African youth-led movements — Afresist, a youth leadership program and multimedia platform documenting youth work in Africa and — Youth Programme of Holistic Empowerment Mentoring (Y-PHEM) coaching the next generation to be positive change agents. She served on the Board of Directors of CIVICUS, World Refugee Council, Oxfam Independent Commission on Sexual Misconduct, Women’s Alliance for Peace Advisory Board, Council of the Africa Public Health Foundation among others. She was recognised in 2018 Apolitical World’s 100 Most Influential Young People in Government and 2016 among 100 Most Influential Young Africans in the World. She received multiple awards including 2018 Young Talent of the year by UNLEASH Festival, 2017 Pan-African Humanitarian Award by Pahawards and 2016 Inspirational Woman of the Year by Women4Africa Awards. She is a graduate of University of Tunis El Manar with Bachelor in International Relations, Fulbright scholar at Georgia Southern University and Mo Ibrahim Foundation Scholar for her Masters in African Politics at SOAS, University of London. Chebbi’s extensive experience over the past decade made her an influential leading voice known for rebranding Africa and commitment to peacebuilding, gender equality and Africa’s integration. #sherowednesday #sheroes @aya_chebbi https://www.instagram.com/p/CHLA9YuhXME/?igshid=1qtino5vrburt

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Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983, in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator, was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya. At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to learn Spanish. She read film studies at Hampshire College, Massachusetts and, after working as a production assistant on several films, graduated from the Yale School of Drama's acting program. In 2013, she impressed cinema audiences in her film debut, as brutalized slave Patsey in acclaimed director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave (2013). She was also the lead in MTV's award-winning drama series, Shuga (2009), appeared in the thriller Non-Stop (2014) and had roles in the big-budget films Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and The Jungle Book (2016). Lupita's stage credits include playing "Perdita" in "The Winter's Tale", (Yale Repertory Theater), "Sonya" in "Uncle Vanya", "Katherine" in "The Taming of the Shrew", as well as being in the original production of Michael Mitnick's "Elijah". Lupita played the female lead, Nakia, in the 2018 superhero film Black Panther (2018). @lupitanyongo @marvelstudios #sherowednesday #Sulwe https://www.instagram.com/p/CG4y89phlBn/?igshid=cf8mybrfl4o4

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Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983, in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator, was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya. At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to learn Spanish. She read film studies at Hampshire College, Massachusetts and, after working as a production assistant on several films, graduated from the Yale School of Drama's acting program. In 2013, she impressed cinema audiences in her film debut, as brutalized slave Patsey in acclaimed director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave (2013). She was also the lead in MTV's award-winning drama series, Shuga (2009), appeared in the thriller Non-Stop (2014) and had roles in the big-budget films Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and The Jungle Book (2016). Lupita's stage credits include playing "Perdita" in "The Winter's Tale", (Yale Repertory Theater), "Sonya" in "Uncle Vanya", "Katherine" in "The Taming of the Shrew", as well as being in the original production of Michael Mitnick's "Elijah". Lupita played the female lead, Nakia, in the 2018 superhero film Black Panther (2018). @lupitanyongo @marvelstudios #sherowednesday #Sulwe https://www.instagram.com/p/CG4y89phlBn/?igshid=cf8mybrfl4o4

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Aisha Yesufu (born 12 December 1974 in Kano State), is a Nigerian socio-political activist, and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, an advocacy group that brings attention to the abduction of over 200 girls, from a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria, on 14 April 2014, by the terrorist group Boko Haram. Yesufu was among the women protestors at Nigeria's National Assembly, in the nation's capital, Abuja, on 30 April 2014. Yesufu is a business owner who has never worked for anyone and does not intend to do so. Currently, she is the founder of Citizens Hub, a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to build a solution driven and dynamic approach to building a financially independent, active, and responsible citizenry. Yesufu’s utmost desire is to see Nigeria become a country where ‘’the son of a nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody’’. Aisha’s bravery and courage in the war against SARS and police brutality would not be forgotten anytime soon and her story would be told to the next generation and generations after that. At EWEI we see Aisha as a national treasure, a super hero and the Queen Amina of our time. @aishayesufu @bbog_nigeria @bringbackourgirls #sherowednesday #sheroes https://www.instagram.com/p/CGmtBgMA7Or/?igshid=16z9vjmndtiut

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Dr. Hayat Sindi was born in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. She is one of the world’s leading biotechnologists, a member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia, a member of the Scientific Advisory Board created by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, and the founder and CEO of the i2 Institute for Imagination and Ingenuity, a non-profit organization that seeks to create an ecosystem of entrepreneurship and social innovation for scientists, technologists and engineers in the Middle East. At a young age, inspired by great scientists and thinkers, Hayat convinced her family to allow her to travel alone to England to pursue her higher education, a rare permission for a young Saudi woman. She worked against the odds to become the first female from the Arabian Gulf to earn a PhD in biotechnology, studying at King’s College London, Cambridge, MIT, and Harvard. Since then, she has been recognized as a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, a Global Ambassador for Vital Voices, and has been listed among the 10 Most Powerful Arab Women by Arabian Business magazine, among the 50 Most Powerful Arabs by Gulf Business Magazine and as one of the world’s 150 Fearless Women by Newsweek/The Daily Beast. She was also the first person to be recognized as a Pop!Tech fellow in both Science and Social Innovation. As a global role model in Science, she has been nominated in 2012 and 2013 as a member of the Nifty Fifty program of the prestigious USA Science and Engineering Festival. Along with her scientific activities, she participated in numerous events aimed at raising the awareness of science amongst women, particularly in Saudi Arabia and the Muslim World. She is also interested in the problem of brain drain. Further, at the heart of Sindi’s innovations was a passion to develop an entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Middle East that would transcend existing gaps between education and opportunity. In November 2013, Dr. Sindi was awarded the Arabian Business Achievement Award for Medicine. In 2012 H.E. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO appointed her as the first Goodwill Ambassador for Sciences. @isdb_stories #sherowednesday https://www.instagram.com/p/CGUkfyjg_Fy/?igshid=p0imqmf9lsvr