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Advancing Climate Justice and Humanita
rian Action: Celebrating African Women's Leadership
The month of March is Women’s History Month\, a u nique period that marks women’s historical and contemporary achievements ac ross the world. In line with this significant moment and the impetus for ge nder equality\, the African Women’s Leadersh ip Series celebrates African women’s outstanding contributions and examines the prevailing challenges that still require intensified investme nts for change to empower women.
For our third instalment in the series\, we are celebrating African wo men leading on climate justice. As the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Cl imate Change report recently published in February 2022 shows\, women are d isproportionately impacted by climate change particularly in Africa\, but o ur guests are climate champions that have overcome the barriers. They are < strong data-slate-leaf="true">Prof. Okorodudu-Fubara\, one of the founding mothers of environmental justice research and education who laid t he foundation for climate justice work in Africa\, and Ms. Joyce Msuya\, a United Nations leader who has worke d hard to advance climate justice in global policy and Africa. Our honorees will share their journeys\, challenges\, and advice to emerging young fema le climate leaders. There will also be an opportunity to ask them questions .
Welcome remarks will be given by Nellie Kamau\, a student in the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.
Our moderator is Ms. Elsabé Bo shoff. She is an emerging female African leader in environmental j ustice whose work has supported the African Commission on Human and Peoples ’ Rights.
Moderator: Elsab
é Boshoff is a Doctoral Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Human R
ights\, University of Oslo. Her research focusses on the right to sustainab
le development as an emerging human right in the African human rights syste
m. Broadly\, she is interested in human rights issues related to environmen
t\, sustainable development\, extractive industries\, and transitional just
ice\, with a primary focus on the African context.
Elsabé worked with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights from 2017 to 2020\, supporting the mandates of the Chai rperson of the Commission\, Chairperson of the Working Group on Extractive Industries\, Environment and Human Rights as well as the Focal Points for T ransitional Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights and Conflict and Human Ri ghts.
She is a co-editor of an edited volume: Governance\, Human Rights and Political Transformation i n Africa\, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. She has written several peer reviewed articles and book chapters on the human rights-environment n exus.
Ms. Msuya brings more than 20 years’ experie nce in international development and finance\, spanning strategy\, operatio ns\, and partnerships\, and with diverse assignments in Africa\, Asia\, and Latin America. Since 2018\, Ms. Msuya served as Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi\, Kenya. Between 2018 and 2019\, she served as UNEP’s interim Executive Director at the Under-Secretary Gen eral level\, leading the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly and mobilizing resources to support its mission.
Ms. Msuya has held several senior leadership roles at the
World Bank Group\, including that of Special Representative and Head of th
e World Bank Group Office in the Republic of Korea\, Regional Coordinator a
t the World Bank Institute\, based in China\, and Special Adviser to the Wo
rld Bank’s then Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. She also led str
ategy and operations for the International Finance Corporation in Africa an
d Latin America\, covering the manufacturing\, agribusiness\, and services
sectors.
Ms. Msuya is fluen t in English\, Swahili and Pare.
Panelist: Prof. Okorodudu-Fubara is Profess
or\, Faculty of Law\, Obafemi Awolowo University\, Ile-Ife\, Nigeria. Profe
ssor Margaret Okorodudu-Fubara is a 1972 graduate of the University of Lago
s. After becoming a lawyer in 1973\, she obtained her master’s and doctoral
degrees in 1977 and 1980\, respectively\, from Harvard Law School\, USA\,
after a first master’s degree from the University of London\, UK\, in 1975.
She is the 1st Professor of Environmental Law in the ECOWAS sub-region\, 2
nd Professor of Environmental Law in sub-Saharan Africa\, and the 1st Woman
Professor of Law in Nigeria’s first generation/federal university.<
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Professor Okorodudu-Fubara chairs t he Environmental Rights Action\, Africa’s foremost environmental organisati on and Nigeria’s chapter of the Friends of the Earth International (FoEI). She pioneered “Mainstream Environment for Sustainable Development into Afri can Universities” (MESA)\, a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) init iative on Education for sustainable development and conservation in all ter tiary institutions worldwide. In 2007\, she became a member of the Working Group on UNEP Global Environment Report (GEO – 4) 2007\, “Promoting Environ mental Research and Learning for Sustainable Development.” Professor Okorod udu–Fubara is also a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law\, and a consultant to severa l international organizations such as UNEP\, UNDP\, and the World Bank. Sin ce 2002\, she has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Fulbright Alumn i Association of Nigeria. She was Dean of Law at Obafemi Awolowo University \, one of Nigeria’s oldest and most reputable federal universities.< /p>
Co-hosts: This event is brought to you on behalf of the Liu Institute Network for Africa (LINA)\, and the Collective for Gender+ in Research\, hosted at the University of British Columbia’s Office for Regional and International Community Engagement (UBC ORICE)\, all within the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (UBC S PPGA).
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