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DeltaWomen
Delta Women is a non-governmental organization founded by Elsie Ijorogu-Reed. It primarily to enable the women of Delta State, Nigeria. The organization advocates for women rights, creates awareness and holds seminars on child abuse and campaigns on female sexual harassment in higher educational institutions. The organization is involved in awareness creation through blogging, publications, open letters and the use of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter DeltaWomen was set up with the primary aim of transforming women in Delta State by providing them with the knowledge and tools they need to take their rightful place in society. History of DeltaWomen 19 April 2010 Since its creation DeltaWomen as grown rapidly, thanks to national and international volunteers at the organisation. The organisation now has offices and presence in Delta State, Nigeria, where it was created; London, United Kingdom, the organisation's first international office; and Houston, Texas, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirthi Jayakumar
Kirthi Jayakumar (born 15 December 1987) is a peace educator, a Security Council Resolution 1325, women, peace, and security and feminist foreign policy practitioner, lawyer and List of Indian writers, writer. She is a Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, Commonwealth Scholar, a Vital Voices (VV) Lead Fellow, a VV Engage Fellow, a Local Pathways Fellow, and a World Pulse Impact Leader. Kirthi is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She served as an advisor to the G7 through the Women7, and was named as one of UN Women Asia Pacific's 30 for 2030. She also founded The Gender Security Project, an initiative working at the cross section of gender, peace, security, feminist foreign policy, and transitional justice through research, reportage, and documentation. Previously, she founded The Red Elephant Foundation, an initiative built on storytelling, civilian peace-building and activism for gender equality. Biography Kirthi was born as Kirthi Jayakumar in Bangalore, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |