July 27, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Empowering Women and Girls in Nigeria’s Adamawa State An article about Jamila Babuba, a female candidate for office in Nigeria’s Adamawa State, led me on a search about the UN program empowering women and girls. I read about her in … Continue reading
June 25, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Gender Sensitivity Training for Nigerian Journalists Nigeria will hold general elections in 2019 to choose the President and the National Assembly. This is the 6th time elections are being held since 1999 when military rule came to an end. President Buhari has … Continue reading
March 23, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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UN in Need? On the Sunday in the middle of the two weeks of the Commission on the Status of Women, I read an op-ed about the UN written by someone from Westport, CT where I live. Anthony Banbury, the author, … Continue reading
March 19, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Gender Equality at UN Women My week was busy with UN Women! At the Monday session on Nigerian Women’s Engagement in Peace and Conflict, where I met the Igbo women for a second time in one day, I heard about education … Continue reading
March 15, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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UN Women and CSW My first task in New York yesterday was to get my pass for the CSW, the Commission on the Status of Women. This year is the 60th anniversary of the two-week annual CSW presented by UN Women. I had … Continue reading
January 23, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Massive Snowstorm Are you in the path of the blizzard that is underway? I hear the reporter on public radio calling it a massive snowstorm. The photographer across the street took this picture. I found it in Dan Woog’s blog. … Continue reading
January 15, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Step It Up I flew to Miami, Florida this afternoon for the bi-annual board meeting of the USNC UN Women, the United States National Committee for United Nations Women. Our meeting starts Saturday morning and finishes at noon on Sunday. … Continue reading
December 2, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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The President’s Daughter I’m on the board of the U.S. National Committee for UN Women. I attended my first board meeting in June in California. Iyabo Obasanjo, the daughter of Nigeria’s former president, is also on this board. But she … Continue reading
September 29, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Nigeria: Slavery to Superrich I presented the first session of my six-week class on Nigerian history this afternoon for the Lifetime Learners Institute in Norwalk. Today I talked about pre-European African empires, including Mali and its famous leader Mansa Musa. … Continue reading