Thelma Ekiyor

**Thelma Arimiebi** Ekiyor ko awokaajo Naajeeriya, jom jawdi en e jom jawdi en, o golliima e nder golle laamu e nder juɓɓule keewɗe. Ekiyor ɓuri tiiɗnaade ko e waɗde ngalu e rewɓe jom en ngalu. O fuɗɗorii golle makko ko e wallitde rewɓe e mahngo jam e semmbinde rewɓe e sukaaɓe e jeytaare kaalis e heɓde jaŋde. Omo jogii humpito e eɓɓaaɗe e nder ko ina ɓura 22 leydi Afrik. Ekiyor golliima e leyɗeele caggal wolde ko wayi no Liberiya e daraniiɗo jam biyeteeɗo Leymah Gbowee.

Jaangirde
Thelma Ekiyor heɓi MBA mum to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Imperial College to Londres, to leydi Angalteer, o heɓi kadi dipolomaaji sariya e LLB Honors to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Buckingham. Ko o jannginoowo to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde rewɓe Afrik,e duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde 2002 to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Mennonite fuɗnaange to Amerik, jokkondirngal no feewi e WANEP e WISPEN-Africa. Ekiyor kadi ko Fedde to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Stanford.

## Mahngo jam
Tuggi 2005 haa 2007, Ekiyor wonnoo ko gardiiɗo mawɗo eɓɓaande ballal ngam haɓaade hareeji e mahngo jam (CIPS) to Duɗal Jaaɓihaaɗtirde Cape Town, Afrik worgo.E nder ndee ɗoo darnde, o wallitorii yaajtinde mbaawkaaji leƴƴi Afrik gonɗi e mahngo caggal wolde. E hitaande 2005, Ekiyor e Razaan Bailey mbinndi ciimtol ko faati e Eɓɓaande Waylude Kasooji (PTP), ina wiyee « Ƴellitaare Ñaawoore Restoraaji e nder Sarwisaaji Ñaawooje Afrik worgo , ngol yeewtidi ko e miijooji winndereeji jowitiiɗi e tiitooɗe ñaawoore restoraasiyoŋ. E hitaande 2006, Ekiyor e Noria Mashumba mbinndi ciimtol seminar politik ina wiyee "Darnde mahngo jam e nder renndo siwil e nder Afrik hakkundeejo". E nder seminar oo, Ekiyor waɗii konngol e nder jonnde rewɓe e jam, tiitoonde mum ko "Darnde renndo siwil e huutoraade kaɓirɗe hakkunde leyɗeele e diiwaanuuji ngam rewɓe, jam e kisal.

Caggal nde o golliima e CCR, Ekiyor wonti gardiiɗo gollordu Duɗal Renndo Siwil Afrik Hirnaange (WASCI), jooɗiiɗo to Ganaa. O walliri jokkondiral hakkunde dokkuɓe e pelle winndereeje, o sosi kadi peeje WASCI ngam ƴellitde mbaawkaaji renndo siwil e lowre Policy Influencing.

Yaasi Afrik, Ekiyor ina jooɗii e goomuuji wasiyaaji fedde toppitiinde semmbe rewɓe (WEC) to Amerik e Fedde Ardorde Rising. O wonii kadi hannde tergal yiilirde ALL ON, nde Shell sosi, ko kaalis batte semmbeeji kesi to Afrik worgo.

## Rewɓe Afriknaaɓe e kuɗol jam
Tuggi 2001 haa 2005, ko noon Ekiyor woniri Direkteer Porogaraamuuji ngam fedde Afrik worgo ngam mahngo jam (WANEP). Caggal leyɗeele keewɗe siwil e nder leyɗeele Afrik hirnaange e kitaale 1990, WANEP sosaa ko e hitaande 1998. Fedde ndee ina jokki e haɓaade hare e mahngo jam, ina rokka kursuuji e ɗeen geɗe, e gollodiiɓe woɗɓe gollotooɓe e yaakaare sosde "plateau de kaaldigal", e jam e ƴellitaare duumotoonde e nder diiwaan hee.

E nder jokkondiral makko e WANEP, Ekiyor heɓi ballal e kaalis ngam miijo makko sosde fedde pan-Afriknaare toppitiinde ko rewɓe, nde rewɓe ardii, nde fotnoo ko huutoraade rewɓe e nder golle jam e kaaldigal. Caggal nde kuulal 1325 ngal UNSC ƴetti, Ekiyor ina ɗaminii wonde ndee fedde ina waawi wallitde sosde mbayliigu goonga e newnude daande rewɓe. E hitaande 2001, miijo Ekiyor wonti Fedde Rewɓe e Jam (WIPNET), nde mawnini udditgol mum to Accra, Ganaa.WIPNET ina golloo ngam moƴƴinde mbaawkaaji rewɓe e mahngo jam e mahngo caggal wolde e nder Afrik hirnaange. E sahaa udditgol WIPNET, kanko Ekiyor o winndii deftere jannginirde yuɓɓinnde, tawi ina waɗi heen geɗe baɗaaɗe ngam semmbinde, huutoraade, e jannginde rewɓe.

E nder deftere makko 2011, Mighty Be Our Powers, Leymah Gbowee hollitii wonde "gila e fuɗɗoode, WIPNET wonnoo ko ɓiɗɗo Thelma. O addi miijo ngoo e WANEP, o moofti fedde heblo adannde, e deftere mahngo jam nde o tuugnii e mum nde o jannginii en huutoraade ex--deftere ndee fof Movement resolution--ko huunde nde o golli dow mum duuɓi ɗuuɗɗi."

E hitaande 2006, Ekiyor wondi e sosɓe Fedde Afrik ngam Jam e Kisal Rewɓe (WIPSEN-A). E wondude e Leymah Gbowee e Ecoma Alaga, o ɗaminii waylude WIPNET e fedde gollornde tawa ko e WANEP, mbele eɓɓaande ndee ina wona « reso rewɓe nde worɓe njiylotoo e kaalis ». Ɓe ɗaminii kadi feewnude e ɓeydude duumingol eɓɓaande ndee e yaajnude lowre ndee e nder Afrik fof e naatde e yontaaji sukaaɓe rewɓe les maɓɓe.

## Doole rewɓe Afrik to bannge ngalu
Ekiyor ko gooto e sosɓe e hooreejo fedde wiyeteende Afrigrants Resources Ltd, fedde nde daranii ko yiytude peeje njulaagu ngam haɓaade caɗeele renndo, teeŋti noon e ŋakkeende ƴellitaare e naatgol rewɓe e kaalis. To Afrigrants, Ekiyor waɗii kaalis jaawɗo rewɓe Market, ko porogaraam rokkata rewɓe ñamaale tokoose. E hitaande 2017, Ekiyor sosi fedde wiyeteende Funding Space, nde nganndu-ɗaa ko ngam wallitde gollotooɓe renndo e nder Afrik worgo heɓde heblo e heɓde geɗe kaalis. To nokku kaalis (Funding Space), Ekiyor ina jeyaa e sosɓe kaalis Ebi, ko kañum woni fedde rewɓe gollotooɓe e njulaagu. Ekiyor kadi ko hooreejo fedde SME.NG, fedde nde wonaa laamuyankoore, nde hokkata kadi kaalis rewɓe jom en jawdi en.

Ekiyor wonnoo kadi ko jaagorgal politik strateeji to Fedde Ngenndiije Dentuɗe Rewɓe Nijeer, kam e jaagorgal mawngal to Dental Afrik, ECA, IGAD, e CEDEAO. E hitaande 2010, ONU Women noddii ballondiral hakkunde renndo siwil, e sektoraa keeriiɗo, e laamuuji ngam ƴellitde paandaale ƴellitaare duumotoonde (SDG) 5, jowitiiɗe e potal rewɓe e worɓe e doole rewɓe. Ekiyor wolwi dow nafuuda paandaale juutɗe e duumotooɗe, bana no o holliri nuɗɗinki maako dow waɗugo ceede nder rewɓe ɗon wallita ɓamtaare rento, o wi'i "naftirgo ceede nder SDG-5 ɗon wallita huuwugo kuuɗe SDGs fuu nder Naajeeriya, ɗum boo ɗon yaara yeeso kuuɗe filu e faggudu". E nder batu hakkunde wakili’en Fedde Ngenndiije Dentuɗe e Dental Afrik e hitaande 2017, Ekiyor hollitii wonde « [ɓe] mbaɗii silooji e nder jam e kisal, kono jeytaare faggudu ko maande jam e kisal », o ƴetti hakkillaaji makko e nafoore naatgol rewɓe e nder sektoraa keeriiɗo e nder jeewte jowitiiɗe e jam.

## Naajeeriya
E hitaande 2010, Ekiyor toɗɗaama hooreejo arandeejo nder kawtal TY Danjuma Foundation (TYDF), ngal ɗon mari haaje heɓuki njamu e jaangirde ngam yimɓe jooɗiiɓe nder jiha Taraba, diiwal haa woyla-fuunaange lesdi Naajeeriya. E hitaande 2011, TYDF yamiri eɓɓoore duɗal renndo ngam sosde duɗal gadanal e nder Fulatara, renndo e nder diiwaan Bauchi, leydi Najeriya. E nder yamiroore ndee, Ekiyor hollitii wonde "ƴellitaare jaŋde ina waawi heɓtineede tan ko e tawtoreede renndo tawa ina jogii darnde ardorde laamu", o teeŋtinii nafoore winnditaade sukaaɓe rewɓe.

E hitaande 2020, Ekiyor toɗɗaama hooreejo fedde njulaagu tokosere, tokosere e hakkundeere e nder fedde njulaagu, njulaagu, njulaagu e ndema leydi Najeriya (NACCIMA).[E nder ndee ɗoo darnde, Ekiyor maa gollondir e njulaagu tokoosi ngam ɓeydude kattanɗe mum en e naftoraade faggudu leydi Najeriya fof.

## Liberiyaa
E nder batu WANEP to Ganaa e hitaande 2000, Ekiyor hawri e Leymah Gbowee, keɓɗo njeenaari Nobel jam e hitaande 2011, gonɗo hakkunde dille ngam naatde e rewɓe e nder kuule jam wolde hakkunde leyɗeele ɗiɗmere Liberiya. Ekiyor hirjinii, jannginii, gollidii e Leymah Gbowee e nder ndee ɗoo yeewtere, rewɓe ɗiɗo ɓee ngondi no feewi. E nder deftere makko nde o winndi e hitaande 2011, Gbowee winndi : "Thelma wonaa tan sehil am; ko o miñi am debbo, ko o ɓiɗɗo am debbo, ko o neɗɗo mo nganndu-mi bannge politik am no hay gooto anndaa."

Caggal nde WIPNET sosaa, Ekiyor toɗɗii Gbowee yo won gardiiɗo fedde WIPNET Liberiya. Rewɓe ɗiɗo ɓee njokki gollodaade caggal nde ɓe cosi WIPSEN-Africa e hitaande 2006.

## Njeenaaje
E hitaande 2015, Ekiyor suɓaama ngam heɓde njeenaari ardiiɓe Pan Afrik ngam wonde gardiiɗo jam e kisal. Njeenaari ndii hitaande kala, ndi Fedde Ngenndiije Dentuɗe (ADI) rokkata ndii, rewi ko e tiitoonde Fedde Ngenndiije Dentuɗe (ONU) ngam suɓaade ɓeen ɓe njiylotoo neɗɗaagu.

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