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# Wendy Okolo

Wendy Okolo is a Nigerian aerospace research engineer in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center. She is the first Black woman to obtain a Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from University of Texas at Arlington. She is also the Special Emphasis Programs Manager for Women at Ames.

## Quotes

* Yes, I got my Ph.D. in aerospace at UT Arlington in 2015. But before that, I was there for undergraduate and got my undergraduate degree in 2010.
* There’s no question. And what the Honors College did for me, was it positioned me to have a solid foundation in my course work and my academics, particularly the first few classes that I took that were Honors classes, really helped me – I would say, that they definitely helped me transition to the aerospace engineering program versus coming fresh out of high school and Nigeria because the classes were intimate and provided an opportunity for me to learn with other high-achieving students.
* So, when I got to grad school, it was a little different. My involvement with the Honors College was morphed. I was not really an Honors student which is more focused on undergrads.
* It was a lot of responsibility for sure. But it came with a lot of growth as well. Growth and independence of some sort.
* I was that person that would ask companies – hey, can your company help with this or that?
* Now, generally, you do have the expectations you set for yourself. To what extent does imposter syndrome manifests with you and it varies for different people. How I handle it is I try to be super, overly diligent with everything, I have to know everything. I have to start from scratch; I have to understand it. And it’s very imperative; it’s important for me that my achievements are attributed to my capabilities and not simply because I am a Woman of Color in this field. It has to be my technical expertise that has brought me here or taken me there.
* I didn’t have negative experiences. But again, you stand out, and it’s just how you stand out that matters. But you will stand out regardless when you’re in the minority: when you’re female, when you’re black, or when you’re young.
* The reason I started to share, the reason I created my professional Instagram and Twitter pages, is because I’ve heard a million and one times, that my story’s not just for me. People have told me multiple times – Wendy, it’s not about you, it’s bigger than you.
* Everybody just wants to know, what’s your story, how did you get to NASA? How did a 26-year-old black girl get a Ph.D. in something like aerospace engineering and get to work at NASA?
* I can’t even imagine how I would have struggled during the first year transitioning to being an aerospace engineering freshman at UT Arlington, but again arduous is relative.
* But instead, I basically kind of took a pay cut for higher learning. But with that pay cut and all of these fellowships, I was able to keep my head above water and focus on learning. Focus on my Ph.D. program.
# Antonia Simbine

Antonia Simbine is a Nigerian professor of Political science and the first female Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER).

## Quotes

* Our research thus far provides us with some understanding of why traditional approaches to stemming corrupt practices, including detection-based technical fixes, investigation, prosecution and sanctions have recorded little success. We now understand corruption to be a complex-adaptive problem, hence our leaning towards behavioural solutions.
** Her speech during NISER’s Actualising Behaviour Change (ABC) programme in Ibadan
* ABC Series’ is one of the communication and dissemination platforms for research.
** ABC Series as a platform
* This is a bureaucratic system that espouses a hybrid form of colonial structures, elements of political offices that service a presidential system of government and yet, components of traditional systems.
** Intervention designed around a three-year cycle
* Both men and women should be able to engage with the government they elect.
** Choosing of government by both gender
* The Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill serves as a legislative vehicle to drive the agenda for a more inclusive society. Gender inequality is a major hindrance to our progress, affecting not only democracy but also our socioeconomic growth, which should be the ultimate goal of any democratic system.
** Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill
* We need to understand the behavioral aspects of corruption, including how it relates differently to men and women.
** Advising anti-corruption agencies
* When encountering corruption in public settings, how do people behave? This is a critical area for examination.
** Critical analysis of corruption
# Funmi Olonisakin

Funmi Olonisakin (born 8 February 1965) is a British Nigerian scholar, who is a Professor of leadership, peace and conflict at King's College London, and an Extra-Ordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria.

## Quotes

* I have worked for many years in the field of international security, a field populated largely by male experts and often dominated by male-led military and security establishments.
* I head a policy research unit at Kings College London on conflict, security and development, direct a peace and security Fellowship programme for African women and teach.
* I call myself a feminist because I promote and defend the rights of women to realise their fullest potential, free from the oppression of patriarchy in all its forms.
* I also contribute to efforts to create spaces for the development of that potential. The work is by no means easy.
* I have aimed to make my own contributions through creating a fellowship programme that offers opportunities for young African women to competently and confidently articulate feminist ideas for change in order to champion change in the male dominated spaces that shape their lives.
* The programme exposes African women to current thinking and national, regional and international institutions involved in tackling conflict, peace and security in Africa.
* We need to promote participation of self-identified feminists in strategic political, social and economic institutions. Simultaneously, we need to strengthen our collective knowledge building and the effective dissemination of that knowledge.
* As a scholar, mentor and activist I am constantly inspired by seeing the incredible talent that exists in the next generation of African feminist leaders and witnessing unfolding opportunities for them to unleash that talent and potential.
* Covid has affected and impacted everything and some of the impacts will be permanent. It will play out on the issues and questions that are affecting people’s lives and living in the most immediate way.
* Advances in science and technology are critical drivers of war and peace in the future, and determinants of where power lies, who has agency, and how that agency is exercised are underpinned by this.
* African Leadership Centre (ALC) in Nairobi is working towards building this understanding by focusing its 10-year research agenda on one central question: How will perspectives of peace and the state change among those who will govern the world in 2050.
* Building institutions and norms for future peace requires considering the ground realities of people and places who are often marginalised in global decision-making.
* The aim is to observe the complex and dynamic nature of how peace, development, and conflict are interpreted, reimagined, and reinterpreted by different people across age, gender, and social status.
# Nyovani Madise

Nyovani Madise is the current director of research and sustainable development policies and head of the Malawi office of the African Institute for Development Policy. She is an advisor to the World Health Organization and a former professor at the University of Southampton in demography and social statistics.Nyovani has over 100 peer-reviewed research publications that focus on global health issues to highlight the influence of social and economic factors on health in low-income countries.

## Quotes

* We are all humans but we also have different perspectives in life.
* I’m very passionate about global health issues. I’m very passionate about equality.
* For me, the biggest obstacle has often been being the lone voice in a board of mostly men and I’m the only woman. When I don’t have other people to affirm the things I’m saying it can make it easier to dismiss. Whereas when others hear two or three voices articulating the same thing they start paying attention.
* If global health boards were more inclusive and diverse I think that we might see a change in some research – with a focus on the person as a whole rather than only focusing on a disease.
* When organisations don't embrace diversity, I say it's their loss. If we are going to have people making decisions about issues in low and middle income countries,we must listen to the people who see the reality on the ground. Sometimes, the things that matter are very basic. And we need to have that voice in board meetings.
# Gloves

A glove is a garment covering the whole hand.

## Quotes

* The use of gloves as a fashion accessory appears to have begun in Europe around the thirteenth century.
** Mike Redwood (25 February 2016). Gloves and Glove-making. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-78442-147-2.
# Florence Oloo

Florence Oloo (born 1960) is a Kenyan scientist and professor of chemical sciences at the Technical University of Kenya, in Nairobi. She was the first Kenyan woman to receive a PhD in Chemistry.

## Quotes

* There has been tremendous progress especially in educating the girl child and building their capacity to enable them sit in the same employment or activity spaces as men. However there is still a lot to be done especially for women in rural areas.
* Women in urban areas are more exposed to education and opportunities to grow them. This is not the case for many women in rural areas hence some are trapped in situations that forever limit their capabilities of being the best version of themselves.
* Women are key in holding a family together. Families are essential for the development and sustenance of society as a whole.
* In as much as we empower women to seek employment or business opportunities like men, education on the traditional values are equally important.
# Lateefah Durosinmi

Lateefah Durosinmi (born July 7, 1957 in Lagos) is a Nigerian chemist and academic. She is a Professor at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Nigeria.

## Quotes
### "LMDF Gives Scholarships, Empowerment Grants Worth Over N4m to Students, Women in Osun" (2023)

    "LMDF Gives Scholarships, Empowerment Grants Worth Over N4m to Students, Women in Osun", Ife Cityblog (September 24, 2023)
* Youths cannot make positive contributions to national development if not given opportunity to do so.
* We must altogether assist our youths to achieve their full potentials by creating the enabling environment for them.
* We must do all we can to increase the opportunity of women to grow, to defend, protect, and facilitate children's sound, physical and psychological development through promotion of activities to alleviate poverty.
* In view of the current economic situation, the foundation further increase the value of the grants for meaningful impact in addition to some empowerment equipment.
* You don't need to be a politician before empowering people who are in need just like what Prof. Durosinmi is doing.
* What we should be conscious of now is life after death because it will takes the grace of God to live extra thirty years from today.
* And it should always echoes in our ears that, there is reward for everything we are doing on earth because we would face judgement from God.
# Priscilla Baker

Priscilla Baker is a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of the Western Cape. She is the co-leader of SensorLab, a research platform in electrochemistry that deals with the electrodynamics of materials and sensors. She is an active member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, European Scientific Network for Artificial Muscles (ESNAM) and the Marie Curie International staff exchange scheme (IRSES).

## Quotes
### "Interview de Priscilla Baker" (2021)

    "Interview de Priscilla Baker", CY Advanced Studies (June 22, 2021)
* Electroanalysis and electrocatalysis are electrochemically driven analytical protocols for measurement and monitoring of a wide range of environmental pollutants, depending on the chemical transformations that give rise to the pollution effect.
* Each environmental problem requires careful analysis of the chemical nature of the problem before the best suited methods for analysis and monitoring may be developed.
* The common factor between all these projects is the interest in novel high surface area electrochemically active nanomaterials which could benefit the focus of either sensors or energy applications.
* Preliminary work includes the development of polymer electrodes for sulphonamide detection, with very sensitive and reproducible analytical reporting in laboratory standard solutions as well as municipal tap.
* This is very important for capacity building, research training of postgraduate students and for developing teaching capacity in teaching current hot topics in science.
# Jamila Bio Ibrahim

Jamila Bio Ibrahim was born on February 7, 1986. She is a Nigerian medical doctor, development specialist and politician, who formerly served as Nigeria's Minister of Youth. She was appointed to the position by President Bola Tinubu in September 2023. Prior to her appointment, she served as the president of the Progressive Young Women Forum (PYWF). She has also served as the Senior Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

## Quotes

* If I were not a minister, I would have still be blaming the government for not bringing development to the North Central Zone, but now that I am on the driver’s seat in this Ministry, I have a different perspective.
* The forum to focus mainly on harnessing the natural resources in the zone to prosper the people of the region instead of solely depending on the government.
* Because of the strategic location of the zone in the country, it requires more allocation of funds, especially for road construction and rehabilitation, because North Central is the link way to the South and North, hence the roads are more plied.
# Irene Naa Torshie Addo

Irene Naa Torshie Addo (born 30 September 1970) is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Member of Parliament for Tema West Constituency.

## Quotes

* I don’t want to sound bias but I think the future of this country lies with the NPP. When it comes to development, when it comes to taking this country forward, I don’t think there is an alternative and Mahamadu Bawumia is a gem. [I mean], we need to look at not just the party but the personalities that are leading.
** Irene Naa Torshie Addo comments on the Ghana elections 2024 Asaase Radio(July 5, 2024)
* It is about presidency and if you want to compare, so far, I think we have we have two out, so we have John Dramani Mahama and then we have Mahamudu Bawumia and with the two, I can assure you not because I am a member of the NPP, that the person who can take us to the next stage of development, where we want to be is no other than Mahamadu Bawumia and I have a good feeling about it that the NPP will be retained in power.
** Irene Naa Torshie Addo comments on the NPP winning the 2024 elections Asaase Radio(July 5, 2024)
* As ministers, your words hold the power to inspire peace and guide the hearts of many. Let us use this power wisely.
** Naa Torshie’s peace and tolerance call ahead of 2024 Ghana election
* Your role extends beyond the pulpit–it influences the ethos of our nation, shaping lives through the profound messages of faith, hope, and love.
** Naa Torshie’s peace and tolerance call ahead of 2024 Ghana election
# Zodwa Dlamini

Zodwa Dlamini (born in 1963) is a South African biochemist and Ex-deputy Vice Chancellor for Research at the Mangosuthu University of Technology. She researches molecular oncology. She is a former Vice President of the South African Medical Research Council and is a member of the Council for Scientific Advisers for the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. She is a former Republic of South Africa Chief Delegate for the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission.

## Quotes

* I hope that my work and determination inspire young scientists to persevere in their efforts until we find lasting solutions to address cancer in Africa.
* This achievement reaffirms that my dedication to addressing the urgent cancer challenges in the African region is both recognised and valued.
* I also want to encourage more young women to pursue careers in STEM. The opportunities are boundless – embrace them, and together, we can change the world.
* The mixed method design was adopted for this study which triangulated focus group semi structured interview, documentary analysis and lesson observation.
* Writing is dominant in schools and continues to be important for effective communication. Therefore, learners need to be up- skilled in writing skills as their everyday activities.
# Nazira Karodia

Nazira Karodia MBE CChem FRSC is a chemist, Professor of Science Education and Deputy Vice Chancellor at Edinburgh Napier University (2021–). She was previously Pro-Vice Chancellor for Regional Engagement at the University of Wolverhampton. She works on organic synthesis, green chemistry, heterocyclic compounds and science education.

## Quotes

* Education has the power both to include and exclude, and the effects it has are down to the Higher Education (HE) professionals working in institutions and taking responsibility for what the student experience looks like.
* I am motivated by a vision of equity in society, a belief that opportunity in education can help transform society into a more equal community.
* I passionately believe we can take such students through an immersive university experience which they enjoy and through which they succeed. It is a complex journey for our students, and I appreciate that the scaffolding needs to be in place throughout their journey. Perhaps even before and post-graduation.
* We learn a lot through interaction in real time and in a real shared physical space. Of course, we have attentive support for transition to campus learning and counselling for any student facing difficulty balancing campus presence, online learning and interaction.
* Our students need to feel accepted and valued, we need to make sure that we work with them and not decide for them what this might mean in practice. Part of this work on belonging and inclusion is knowing who our students are. I need to know where they come from, their concerns, what inspires them, and their ambitions; therefore, I must create and align resources.
# Joséphine Guidy Wandja

Joséphine Guidy Wandja (born 1945, also Guidy-Wandja) is an Ivorian mathematician. She is the first African woman with a PhD in mathematics

## Quotes

* I cannot say that I was born to be a mathematician. I followed a path that led me to mathematics. As I went through the steps, I thought why not continue. Also, I must admit that my father was very demanding and followed me closely. I had faith in what I was doing
* But there is no talent without work. Until the end, I did not know what I wanted to be. My parents wanted me to opt for medicine. That subject is above my human capacity. I am very emotional.
* I worked as a team with my girl friends and we said to ourselves: "why not do the maths" and we registered in the preparatory class for "Fontenay-aux-Roses".
* We want to demystify mathematics to make it accessible to as many children as possible. ... Mathematics is at the base of all science and technology, both as a way of thinking and as an instrument of inquiry.
* I hope that in Africa many women are devoted to science (law, physics, chemistry, etc.). If a woman wants, she can do more
# Qlippoth

In Kabbalah, the qlippoth (Hebrew: קְלִיפּוֹת) are the opposites of the Sefirot, and represent evil or impure spiritual forces.

## Quotes

* The titles of the Qliphoth, generally speaking, suggest the vice characteristic of the Sephira or other idea to which they are attributed. Thus the Thaumiel refer to Kether, because their characteristic is to possess two contending heads, and so to deny the unity of Kether. So also the Golachab are giants like volcanoes, symbolizing energy and fire, and their liability to appear as tyranny and aimless destruction. Similarly, the Qliphoth of Venus are carrion birds, as opposed to the dove, sparrow, etc.
** Aleister Crowley: 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley, book 2, 777 Revised, "Explanations of the Attributions in the More Important Columns of Table", p. 58. Israel Regardie (ed.). Samuel Weiser (1973). ISBN 0-87728-222-6.
* In a previous chapter we have referred to the Qliphoth, the evil and averse Sephiroth; the time has now come to study them in detail, even though "these are awful forms, dangerous even to think upon." … The Qliphoth are aptly termed the evil and averse Sephiroth, for they are not independent principles or factors in the cosmic scheme, but the unbalanced and destructive aspect of the Holy Stations themselves. There are, in fact, not two Trees, but one Tree, a Qliphah being the reverse of a coin of which the obverse is a Sephirah.
** Dion Fortune: The Mystical Qabalah, ch. 26: "The Qliphoth", pp. 297–298. Samuel Weiser, Inc. (1984). ISBN 0-87728-596-9.
* וּבְהַהוּא זִמְנָא דְצָרִיךְ בַּר נַשׁ לְיַחֲדָא לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בִּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, צָרִיךְ לְהַפְשִׁיט מִנֵּיהּ כָּל מַחֲשָׁבִין דְּאִינוּן קְלִיפִין, דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן (משלי יט כא) רַבּוֹת מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּלֶב אִישׁ, וּלְסַלְקָא שְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ לְגַבֵּיהּ בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתָּא חֲדָא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (שם) וַעֲצַת יהו"ה הִיא תָקוּם
** Tikkunei Zohar 97b:6
** Translation:
*** When a person wishes to unify the Blessed Holy One and His Divine Presence (the male and female aspects of the Divine), he must banish all other thoughts. [Such thoughts] are the Klipot (קְלִיפּות‎, Husks), regarding which it is written, "There are many thoughts in the heart of man" (Proverbs 19:21). One must then bring the Divine Presence into his mind, as the verse continues, "But the counsel of God will abide."
**** Aryeh Kaplan: Meditation and Kabbalah, ch. 2, "Talmudic Mystics", p. 33. Weiser Books (1982). ISBN 0-87728-616-7.

## See also

* Tree of life (Kabbalah)
# Lawrence Stephen McMahon

Lawrence Stephen McMahon (26 December 1835 – 21 August 1893) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford.

## Quotes about Lawrence Stephen McMahon

* He was serving as assistant at the cathedral at Boston when the 28th Massachusetts called from swamps of South Carolina for a chaplain. Father McMahon volunteered, and served with distinction until his health completely failed him.
** Thomas Stephen Duggan, Diocese of Hartford (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
# Henry Joseph Richter

Henry Joseph Richter (9 April 1838 – 26 December 1916) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids.

## Quotes about Henry Joseph Richter

* Under his direction the diocese prospered steadily in all directions.
** Thomas Francis Meehan, Diocese of Grand Rapids (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
# Giuseppe Pittau

Giuseppe Pittau (20 October 1928 – 26 December 2014) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education.

## Quotes

* The Pope would be ready to sign an agreement with China tomorrow, if China so wished. The political problems could be resolved. Indeed, there already are technical solutions. There is no issue to separate us.
** John Paul II Would Travel to China Tomorrow, Vatican Aide Says (28 October 2001) Zenit