My inspirational woman is Rebecca Lolosoli. She is the founder of Umoja Uaso Women Organization in Kenya. Born in Kenya, Lolosoli married at age 18 and began selling goods and also advocating for women who were victims of rape by British soldiers who were training nearby her village. As a survivor of violence she teamed up with other women who are also survivors and established the women's village of Umoja. With hard work and dedication from selling beads, Lolosoli and these other women built a school for their children and other surrounding villages. Lolosoli received the Global Leadership Award from Vital Voices in 2010 and continues to fight for women rights in Kenya.
I first heard about Lolosoli and her work through the movie, Half the Sky, and she became an inspirational woman to me. I admire her hard work and how she has fought to improve the lives of many women in Kenya. She empowers women and fights to end harmful and unsafe cultural practices and violence against women which is very imperative to women's health.
I have very much learned a lot from all the topics covered this semester but the one that has been most interesting to me is "Women in the Workforce". As I read through the chapter I saw how women were belittled some years back and how much improvement has been done to make sure that women get the same rights as men. I know that there are still more work to be done because women still get discriminated in the workforce and do not get paid the same as men but I know it's a work in progress and I pray that soon women wouldn't have to endure these discrimination ever again.
Reference
PBS. (2014). Rebecca Lolosoli. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/rebecca-lolosoli/
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