Uri Ngozichukwuka is a woman of many parts. With a career that spans banking and broadcasting, she is currently the CEO of April Benjamin and Dawn Communication Limited, and Executive Director of Empathy Driven Women International Initiative (EDWIIN) an NGO that works with women with disabilities. She is also the author of the Sakadelli books.
In this interview, she delves into her professional world, engaging in NGO activities, and how the government can protect the rights of women with disabilities. Take us briefly through your academic qualifications. I am a certified consultant with the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) and a fellow with the Global Institute of Management Consultants (FICMC).
I have MBA marketing management from Trinity University College, Dublin. I also studied Business administration in University of Lagos. Why the focus on women with disability? I focus on women with disabilities because when I couldn’t get into university for years, after trying so hard taking and retaking jamb, that didn’t allow me to progress in my career.
I was labeled as following men while another young man that had a similar issue was seen as determined because he kept on trying. Society easily labels the woman while clapping for the man on the same issue. Gender definition of roles and punishment is prevalent in our society.
When a girl is raped, she’s asked if she wore provocative dresses or enticed the rapist, but when a home is robbed no one asks if you sh.