Episode 265: Showing and Telling Herstory with Yaliwe Clarke, Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo, Daisry Obal, Tiambi Simms and Aissata Sidibé N'dia

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Every March since launching the podcast, we dedicate the month to women - it’s our Women's Herstory Month series. Closing out this year’s series are excerpts from conversations over the years with Glocal Citizens working to empower, develop, support and uplift women in Africa and beyond. We’ll hear social development scholar, author and facilitator, Yaliwe Clarke discussing her craft and how feminism has always been native to her being. Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo shares how her NGO, African Health Now inspired the innovative fourthphase box solving for the unspoken and overlooked needs of women postpartum. Daisry Obal tells us how her work in policy informed and inspired her to build the Oyayone Foundation dedicated to transforming Namibia one mother at a time. With a passion for building solutions that matter, Tiambi Simms, co-founder of social enterprise, SheFarms shares what her guiding question, “How are we going to feed 9.7 billion people by 2050?” means in practice. And Aissata Sidibé N'dia, president and founding member of Yelenba-Women in Action shares how their concrete actions approach has been impactful in supporting African women and girls to help themselves to improve their daily lives. In case you missed the full episodes, check out the links below. In these monumental times we are traversing, I leave you with these thoughts as you “listenandlearn: "You are the author of your own story. Write it boldly, rewrite it fearlessly, and inspire others with every chapter." Where to find Yaliwe? Episode 214 Where to find Nana? Episodes 42 and 43 Where to find Daisry? Episode 134 Where to find Tiambi? Episode 142 Where to find Aissata? Episode 59Special Guests: Aissata Sidibe N’Dia, Daisry Obal, Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo, Tiambi Simms, and Yaliwe Clarke.