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Ngozi Iwere

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Ngozi Iwere
Haihuwa (1956-08-12) Ogusta 12, 1956 (shekaru 68)
Illah, Delta State, Nigeria
Aiki Social activist, community development expert, journalist
Shahara akan Founder and executive director of the Community Life Project, coordinator of the African Feminist Forum, Ashoka Fellow
Lamban girma MacArthur Foundation Award for Creative and Effective Institutions (2016)
Yanar gizo Community Life Project

Ngozi Patricia Iwere (an haife ta a watan Agusta 12, 1956) yar Najeriya ce mai fafutukar ganin an ci gaban al'umma. [1] [2] Ta kafa kuma ta jagoranci kungiyar Community Life Project (CLP), kungiyar da ke ba da shawarwari kan ilimin kiwon lafiya da hada kai da jama'a, tare da mai da hankali kan rigakafin cutar kanjamau da lafiyar mata. [3] Har ila yau, ta haɗu da Ƙungiyar Mata ta Afirka (AFF), ƙungiyar masu fafutuka, masu bincike, da masu aiki a fadin Afirka. [1] Ta kasance Abokin Ashoka tun 1996.[3]

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

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An haifi Iwere ne a ranar 12 ga Agusta, 1956, a Illah Jihar Delta, Najeriya. [1] Ta fuskanci yakin basasar Najeriya da talauci a lokacin yarinta. [3] Ta samu takardar shedar ilimi ta kasa daga Kwalejin Ilimi, Abraka, Jihar Delta, a 1977. [3] Ya yi karatun Faransanci a Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. [3] A lokacin karatunta, ta shiga cikin gwagwarmayar dalibai. [3]

Iwere ta fara aikinta na aikin jarida ne da mujallu mai kula da harkokin kasuwanci a Afirka ta Yamma ( ECOWAS ), inda ta ba da labarin batutuwan kasashen waje da rikice-rikicen kasa. [3] Ta kuma taimaka wajen kafa kungiyar mata a Najeriya, Women in Nigeria (WIN), inda ta yi aiki a matsayin kodineta na kasa. [4]

Iwere ya fara aiki kan batutuwan da suka shafi cutar kanjamau a ƙarshen 80s da farkon 90s, a lokacin da cutar ta yaɗu a Afirka. Ta gano cewa akwai bukatar samar da cikakkiyar hanya ta lamuran lafiya da suka hada da maza da mata. [3] Wannan ya haifar da kafa Community Life Project (CLP) a cikin 1992, ƙungiyar da ke aiki tare da cibiyoyin sadarwa na gida kamar ƙungiyoyin gyaran gashi, kasuwanni, da makarantu don rarraba bayanan rigakafi da magani. [5] [3] CLP da kungiyar Reclaim Naija Grassroots Movement a shekarar 2010 sun mayar da hankali kan shirye-shiryen kiwon lafiya na al'umma, musamman a fannin rigakafin cutar kanjamau da lafiyar mata. [6] [7]

Hanyar Iwere ta ƙunshi yin hulɗa da sassa daban-daban na al'umma da kuma amfani da hanyoyin sadarwa na zamani don inganta ilimin kiwon lafiya da rigakafi. Ayyukanta sun haɗa da tsara ƙungiyoyin mayar da hankali, tarurrukan ilimi, da abubuwan da suka faru tare da ƙungiyoyin al'umma daban-daban. [3] Wannan samfurin yana magance cutar HIV/AIDS da sauran matsalolin kiwon lafiya da al'umma suka gano, kamar STDs da tsarin iyali. [3] An yi amfani da tsarin rigakafin cutar kanjamau na al'umma don rage kyama da haɓaka halayen neman lafiya a tsakanin al'ummomi. [1] Ayyukanta sun ba da gudummawa ga lafiyar jama'a a Najeriya. [3]

Iwere ne ke kula da Ƙungiyar Mata ta Afirka (AFF), ƙungiyar masu fafutuka, masu bincike, da masu aiki daga ko'ina cikin Afirka. [1] AFF tana shirya tarurruka na shekara-shekara don tattauna batun mata na Afirka. [8] Matsayin Iwere a cikin AFF ya haɗa da haɗa muryoyi daban-daban don tattauna 'yancin mata da ƙarfafawa a Afirka. [1]

Kyaututtuka da karramawa

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A 1996, Iwere ya zama ɗan Ashoka Fellow. [3] A cikin 2016, ta karɓi Kyautar Gidauniyar MacArthur don Cibiyoyin Ƙirƙira da Ingantattun Cibiyoyi. [9] [10] [11] An ambaci aikinta a cikin wallafe-wallafe da kafofin watsa labaru kamar The Guardian, The Nation, da Channels TV . [12]

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  2. "Expert Group Meeting on "147;The HIV/AIDS Pandemic and its Gender Implications"--Biographical notes". un.org. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Iwere, Ngozi. "Ngozi Iwere is the first in Nigeria to develop a model program for HIV/AIDS prevention that targets and involves the entire community instead of focusing on small high-risk target populations. Read more". Ashoka. Retrieved December 2, 2023. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content
  4. "Front Matter". African Journal of Reproductive Health / La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive. 8 (3): 1–5. 2004. ISSN 1118-4841. JSTOR 3583388.
  5. Rolland, Abby (7 May 2018). "Filling a gap: Grassroots engagement in Nigeria". Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  6. Hord, Charlotte; Wolf, Merrill (2004). "Breaking the Cycle of Unsafe Abortion in Africa". African Journal of Reproductive Health / La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive. 8 (1): 29–36. doi:10.2307/3583302. ISSN 1118-4841. JSTOR 3583302. PMID 15487610. |hdl-access= requires |hdl= (help)
  7. Sedgh, Gilda; Rossier, Clémentine; Kaboré, Idrissa; Bankole, Akinrinola; Mikulich, Meridith (2011). "Estimating Abortion Incidence in Burkina Faso Using Two Methodologies". Studies in Family Planning. 42 (3): 147–154. doi:10.1111/j.1728-4465.2011.00275.x. ISSN 0039-3665. JSTOR 41310723. PMID 21972666.
  8. "African Feminist Forum". African Feminist Forum. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  9. "Community Life Project". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  10. Olawale, Ronke (November 9, 2019). "GLOBAL FEMINISMS COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES OF WOMEN'S ACTIVISM AND SCHOLARSHIP". lsa umich. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  11. "Ngozi Iwere". Ashoka. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  12. Nigeria, Guardian (11 November 2022). "CLP celebrates 30 years of empowering marginalised and vulnerable grassroots citizens in Nigeria". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 29 December 2023.