Ngozi Iwere: Difference between revisions

Iwere began her career as a journalist with the African Guardian and Business in Economic Community of West African States ([[ECOWAS]]) magazines, where she covered foreign issues and national crises.<ref name=":0" /> She also helped establish the feminist organization in Nigeria, [[Women in Nigeria]] (WIN), where she served as the national coordinator.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2004 |title=Front Matter |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3583388 |journal=African Journal of Reproductive Health / La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=1–5 |jstor=3583388 |issn=1118-4841}}</ref>

Iwere began working on HIV/AIDS issues in the late 80s and early 90s, during a time when the disease was prevalent in Africa. She identified the need for a comprehensive approach to health issues that included both men and women.<ref name=":0" /> This led to the establishment of the Community Life Project (CLP) in 1992, an organization that works with local networks such as hair salon unions, marketplaces, and schools to distribute prevention and treatment information.<ref name="Rolland 2018 g665">{{cite web | last=Rolland | first=Abby | title=Filling a gap: Grassroots engagement in Nigeria | website=Lilly Family School of Philanthropy | date=7 May 2018 | url=https://blog.philanthropy.iupui.edu/2018/05/07/filling-a-gap-grassroots-engagement-in-nigeria/ | access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The CLP and the later established Reclaim Naija Grassroots Movement in 2010 focused on community-based health initiatives, particularly in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and women's reproductive health.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvfjcxvh |title=Holding the World Together: African Women in Changing Perspective |date=2019 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=978-0-299-32110-9 |doi=10.2307/j.ctvfjcxvh.10|jstor=j.ctvfjcxvh |s2cid=187830601 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hord |first1=Charlotte |last2=Wolf |first2=Merrill |date=2004 |title=Breaking the Cycle of Unsafe Abortion in Africa |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3583302 |journal=African Journal of Reproductive Health / La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=29–36 |doi=10.2307/3583302 |jstor=3583302 |pmid=15487610 |hdl=1807/3878 |issn=1118-4841|hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sedgh |first1=Gilda |last2=Rossier |first2=Clémentine |last3=Kaboré |first3=Idrissa |last4=Bankole |first4=Akinrinola |last5=Mikulich |first5=Meridith |date=2011 |title=Estimating Abortion Incidence in Burkina Faso Using Two Methodologies |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41310723 |journal=Studies in Family Planning |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=147–154 |doi=10.1111/j.1728-4465.2011.00275.x |jstor=41310723 |pmid=21972666 |issn=0039-3665}}</ref>

In 1996, Iwere became an Ashoka Fellow.<ref name=":0" /> In 2016, she received the [[MacArthur Foundation]] Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community Life Project |url=https://www.macfound.org/grantee/community-life-project-16080/ |access-date=December 29, 2023 |website=MacArthur Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Olawale |first=Ronke |date=November 9, 2019 |title=GLOBAL FEMINISMS COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES OF WOMEN'S ACTIVISM AND SCHOLARSHIP |url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/globalfeminisms/wp-content/uploads/sites/787/2020/10/Iwere_Nigeria_Annotated_Final-.pdf. |access-date=October 22, 2023 |website=lsa umich}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ngozi Iwere |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/fellow/ngozi-iwere |access-date=December 2, 2023 |website=Ashoka}}</ref> Her work has been mentioned in publications and media outlets such as ''[[The Guardian (Nigeria)|The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Nation (Nigeria)|The Nation]]'', and ''[[Channels TV]]''.<ref name="Nigeria 2022 j786">{{cite web | last=Nigeria | first=Guardian | title=CLP celebrates 30 years of empowering marginalised and vulnerable grassroots citizens in Nigeria | website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News | date=11 November 2022 | url=https://guardian.ng/news/clp-celebrates-30-years-of-empowering-marginalised-and-vulnerable-grassroots-citizens-in-nigeria/ | access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref>

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