From Blue Community Ambassador
Back to the United Nations ๐บ๐ณ.
This time, I had the honor of sharing the same auditorium with Presidents, VPs and distinguished delegates from various countries at ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ด๐ฌ.ย
I listened keenly as world leaders gave their interventions at the ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป, which held on September 22, 2025.
The meeting theme “Recommitting to, resourcing and accelerating the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls” echoed through the assembly hall with renewed urgency.
As I sat listening to world leaders (captured some, see comment session ๐), I couldn’t help but think of the rural women I work with through the Rural Nurture Initiative (RNI); women whose voices rarely reach such halls of power, yet whose resilience shapes entire communities.
This is exactly why representation matters. My work at RNI prioritizes these marginalized voices, ensuring that policy conversations include women who feed nations but remain invisible in statistics.
From my Premium Times Nigeria feature highlighting how insecurity disproportionately affects rural women (learn more ๐๐ผ https://lnkd.in/gSvj5ZV5), to my ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ at the Department of Agricultural Education & Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University (learn more ๐๐ผ https://lnkd.in/gpff2ENb), every platform becomes an opportunity to bridge the gap between high-level policy and lived experiences of rural women.
The speeches at UNGA80 resonated deeply, but the real work begins when we translate these global commitments into tangible change for the women who need it most.
I remain committed to empowering and amplifying voices that matter through effective policies and programs that transform daily rural realities, beyond conference conversations.
