As the lights of the city glittered around me, I took a dee… - Elizabeth Nyamayaro

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As the lights of the city glittered around me, I took a deep breath, thought of my gogo (grandmother) and my mother and all the powerful Africans I knew and know, and reminded myself: I am a girl from Africa.

Elizabeth Nyamayaro

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Elizabeth Nyamayaro (born August 15, 1975) is a political scientist and former senior advisor to the United Nations Under Secretary[] and Executive Director for UN Women. Nyamayaro is also the head of HeForShe, a movement founded by UN Women to empower all humans, especially men and boys, to have a voice and take action to achieve gender equality in their own lifetime.

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I am because we are, and because we are, you are.”

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Our potential should not be limited by where we are born, nor our dreams be diminished by our current circumstances.

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