The prestigious Secretary of State’s Award for International Women of Courage annually that Henriette has received from the secretary of state, recognizes women around the globe who have shown exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for women's rights and empowerment, often at great personal risk.
Henriette Ekwe like many others have also traveled a long distance to be in Washington, and in the next three weeks they are going to be sent across the United States as the real ambassador from their country. They are going to have to meet business leaders who have confronted challenges and succeeded.
And also they are going to have to meet government officials and those who are trying to make Obama government at the local, state, and federal level work better. While in US they are going to have to talk with women entrepreneurs who have learned how to set their own businesses up and make them as successful as possible.
For the next three weeks they will be going to cities such as Des Moines, Iowa; New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, and others.
Secretary Clinton said " we want you to meet Americans and talk with them about what they’re doing; we want you to talk about your own experiences, your own cultures, and what America and Americans can do to be better friends and partners to you in what you do at home.
We think Americans will learn a lot from you, and we hope that these next three weeks will be a valuable opportunity not only during the time you’re here, but as you go home we want to stay in touch with you through the Internet, through every other means of communication. "
As a promise to them, the secretary of state added that " We want to be there for you if you have questions or you have other problems that maybe we can offer some suggestions about."
This would then be an opportunity for Henriette as a publisher and editor to explain difficulties that face the media enterprise and journalists in Cameroon ahead of the presidential election and the political harassment and unfair and unlawful pressure and arrest from authorities, and also the help needed by the entire press in Cameroon and specially women in the media.
The award is just one of the ways that the State Department and in the Obama Administration are elevating the role of women and girls in our foreign policy.
Obama administration is working with the private sector to provide grants to NGOs in many countries in order to help women and girls and encouraging governments around the world and your own business sector to invest more in women and bring women into the financial system...
Henriette Ekwe like many others have also traveled a long distance to be in Washington, and in the next three weeks they are going to be sent across the United States as the real ambassador from their country. They are going to have to meet business leaders who have confronted challenges and succeeded.
And also they are going to have to meet government officials and those who are trying to make Obama government at the local, state, and federal level work better. While in US they are going to have to talk with women entrepreneurs who have learned how to set their own businesses up and make them as successful as possible.
Secretary Clinton said " we want you to meet Americans and talk with them about what they’re doing; we want you to talk about your own experiences, your own cultures, and what America and Americans can do to be better friends and partners to you in what you do at home.
We think Americans will learn a lot from you, and we hope that these next three weeks will be a valuable opportunity not only during the time you’re here, but as you go home we want to stay in touch with you through the Internet, through every other means of communication. "
As a promise to them, the secretary of state added that " We want to be there for you if you have questions or you have other problems that maybe we can offer some suggestions about."
This would then be an opportunity for Henriette as a publisher and editor to explain difficulties that face the media enterprise and journalists in Cameroon ahead of the presidential election and the political harassment and unfair and unlawful pressure and arrest from authorities, and also the help needed by the entire press in Cameroon and specially women in the media.
The award is just one of the ways that the State Department and in the Obama Administration are elevating the role of women and girls in our foreign policy.
Obama administration is working with the private sector to provide grants to NGOs in many countries in order to help women and girls and encouraging governments around the world and your own business sector to invest more in women and bring women into the financial system...
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