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The International Women's Day is an annual global day celebrated on March 8 to focus and commemorate the achievements of women in the social, economic, cultural and political spheres of life.
The day, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1977, also draws awareness to issues related to women such as gender equality, abuse, reproduction, violence, and the impact of climate change among others.
The theme for the 2022 International Women's Day, 'Gender Equality Today For a Sustainable Tomorrow' is a call to the reality that without equality of gender, a sustainable future is unachievable.
Women in Nigeria have in many ways proven that they are no less and their gender does not stop them from breaking barriers and excelling in a male-dominated world.
Below are five Nigerian women who are representing the country on the global stage:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist, short story and non-fiction writer whose themes range from gender, culture, politics, and race. She is a feminist who believes feminism is taking one step at a time, unlearning and relearning.
Her first book 'Purple Hibiscus', which was published in 2003 in her senior year at Eastern Connecticut received the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Hurston/ Wright Legacy Award.
She has ever since been a force among writers with international award-winning works including 'Half of a Yellow Sun' (PEN American Center Awards, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and Orange Broadband Prize, among others), 'Americanah' (Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize and National Books Critics Circle Award), and 'The Thing Around Your Neck' (nominated for four awards including Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize).
Adichie has received a good number of recognitions including being listed among the 2010 The New Yorker's "20 Under 40", The New York Times' "Ten Best Books of 2013", and the 2015 Time Magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People" among others.
She was in 2017 elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, making her the second Nigerian to be honoured with that after Wole Soyinka.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the current Director of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). She is a Nigerian-American economist by profession but also a politician, a global development expert, a human welfare advocate, and an environmental and finance sustainability connoisseur.
Okonjo-Iweala workd as a development economist at the World Bank for 25 years before rising to become the Managing Director for Operations from 2007 to 2011.
She served as the Minister of Finance under the Olusegun Obasanjo (2003-2006) and Goodluck Joonathan (2011-2015) administrations. She is also the first female Director of the World Trade Organisation.
The genius is on the board of, and a member of several corporate bodies, government and non-profit agencies/organisations, and international organisations including Global Commission for the Economy and Climate, UNESCO's International Commission on the Futures of Education, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, and Mandela Institute for Development Studies.
She has also received many awards within and outside Africa including TIME’s European Heroes Award, Global Finance Minister of the Year, Euromoney, Women’s Economic Empowerment Award, WEConnect International, and African of the Year, and honourary degrees from Brown, Yale, and Nothern Carribean Universit, among others.
Kaffy is a Nigerian choreographer, dancer, dance instructor and fitness coach. Her dance career came to the limelight after she, alongside her team broke the Guiness Book of Record for 'Longest Dance Party' in 2006.
The dancer has been a part of reality television shows including Malta Guiness Street Dance (Judge), Project Fame West Africa (Faculty Member), and Dance with Peter (Judge and Faculty Instructor). She was also a part of the 9jaDance Burnout and Ijoda9ja Dance Burnout.
Kaffy founded the Imagneto Dance Company and in 2017 created 'The Dance Workshop' which featured America's choreographer, AY Hollywood in its first edition.
The choreogragher celebrated for her stamina has been featured in several award-winning music videos including 'Don't Tell Me Nonsense' (D'banj) and 'Personally' (P-Square).
She has also won the Best Dancer of the Year Award (African Muzik Magazine Awards), Best Choreographer of the Year (The Beatz Awards) and Special Recognition Awasrd (The Headies Award).
Kafayat Sanni is a US-trained member of the Air Force Wing. She was enlisted into the male-dominated Air Force Wing in Octoiber 2019 and is to date making waves.
Having graduated from the 401 Aviation School, Kaduna as the best student, she was selected for further training in the United States.
In 2019, Kafayat was awarded as the first woman to fly the Alpha Jets, making her the first Nigerian female fighter pilot after graduating from Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) with her other students from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 19-21/22 on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.
Cynthia Erivo is a UK actress, songwriter and singer of Nigerian descent. She started her acting career in stage production in 2011 but gained prominence after starring in the Broadway Revival of 'The Colour Purple' between 2015 to 2017.
Erivo acted in British Series 'Chewing Gum' in 2015, marking her first role in British series. Her role in 'The Colour Purple' earned her the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
She played real life activist Harriet Tubman in the 2019 biopic 'Harriet' and is among the Hollywood stars making her country proud with her acting talent.
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