Three days before the start of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Zuriel Oduwole has been presented with the Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Award, for 'Exceptional Leadership'.
The private invitation only award ceremony was held in New Yorks Upper East side at an elegant gala, attended by several diplomats representing their countries, leaders from New Yorks leading corporate and education institutions, and friends and families of the Awardee and the Secretary General.
The Award Citation
It was in recognition of her steady and consistent work over the last 10 years in the area of girl's education and gender development across Africa and the Caribbean, skill development by teaching older out of schoolgirls a film making class, enunciating the confluence between Climate and education, and more recently, peace mediation between nations.
"I have never heard of or seen such a person, who without the backing of any government, any multilateral body, any institution or any company, and yet delivers quietly visible results that many in structured and purposed institutions, still struggle to do - and she is still so young", the Secretary General remarked.
She is scheduled to return to New York later in September to meet with business and world leaders during the UNGA week, over pertinent development issues that critically
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