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Ameyo Stella Adadevoh was a Nigerian physician who helped to prevent the spread of the Ebola crisis in Nigeria of 2014. The Ebola virus reached Nigeria through Patrick Sawyer, an infected Liberian who was visiting Nigeria.
When Sawyer became sick, he was taken to the First Consultants Medical Centre, (FCMC)…
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Nadia Murad is a Yazidi human rights activist working to help victims of sexual abuse and violence, a passion which came as a result of her captivity by the Islamic State (IS) in 2014.
In 2014, the Islamic State attacked the Yazidi minority community in Iraq killing many including Nadia’s…
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Named the 97th most powerful woman in 2018 by Forbes, Sahle-Work Zewde is the current President of Ethiopia, the first female in the history of the country to hold that position.
A seasoned diplomat, prior to her election as President, she was the special representative of the United Nations’ Secretary-General…
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Malala Yousafzai represents a voice for children and women in terms of their rights, especially in relation to education. Born in 1997, Malala started at the age of 11 to advocate girls’ rights to education in Pakistan when the Taliban started to stop girls from attending school. As a…
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Christine Lagarde is a French lawyer and politician, and currently the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the first female to hold that position since 2011, and still in the role and serving her second five-year term since 2016. Prior to her appointment as Managing…
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A look at the rate of extreme poverty, poor health and access to education around the world tells us that these are indeed serious issues that need attention. Melinda Gates is one of those people addressing these challenges around the world. Gates is the co-chair of the Bill &…
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Amina Mohammed is the current United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, her second appointment in the United Nations. She has previously served as the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post-2015 Development Planning. She also served as the Minister of Environment in Nigeria from 2015 to 2016. An accomplished…