President Buhari’s minister wins international award

– Nigeria’s minister of environment, Amina J. Mohammed receives 2016 NGO CSW Forum Women of Distinction Award

– The award is given to women in recognition of leadership in the struggle for gender equality and women’s empowerment

Nigeria’s minister of environment Amina J. Mohammed has been awarded with the 2016 NGO CSW Forum Women of Distinction Award by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.

This annual award is given to a woman or women in recognition of her leadership in the struggle for gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Mohammed is the CEO/Founder of the Center for Development Policy Solutions, a newly established think tank to address the policy and knowledge gaps within the Government, Parliament and private sector in development and civil society.

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Prior to this, she was appointed Special Adviser on ‘Post-2015 Development Planning’ to the United Nation’s Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in 2012, and was his right-hand woman during negotiations for the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Mohammed also has more than 30 years of experience as a development practitioner in the public and private sectors, as well as civil society.

The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY (NGO CSW/NY), one of the Regional Committees of Congo that advocates for women’s rights and gender equality.

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