By Claudia Diana Indileni Nandumbu
Ongwediva, March 28 –On Tuesday 26 March 2024 the American Corner Ongwediva in partnership with the NUSA Alumni
Association hosted hybrid talk about woman which emphasized the importance of investing in women and accelerating progress.
The free event took place at around 1500hours Namibian time at the American Corner, Sam Nujoma Multi-
purpose Center in Ongwediva saw Numerous women made an appearance including the so
gorgeous and vibrant Miss Teen Ongwediva 18 finalists in their finest outfit and pink sashes.
Mrs Beatrice Schultz a Mandela Washington Fellow since 2023 was one of the speakers. She is also an entrepreneur, a media personality, a PRO, a business women. she is passionate about charity work, fashion industry, beauty and health care.
Mrs Schultz is indeed an inspiration to women as she shared her inspirational story of the wonderful and capable woman she has
become, she described March as a month that celebrates all things women.
Mrs. said ”women have been ignored for generations and have not been included in joining economy fights which are
affecting our world and are partly a result of woman being uneducated and not being given opportunities to showcase their skills or talents.”
Mrs Nambili Gamxamub a Mandela Washington
fellow since 2022 emphasized self love and how it’s important to search for comfort, wholeness and longing in yourselves first
before you search for any externally through relationships and careers.
Mrs Gamxamub continued to talk about the importance of educating the girl child or women in
general which allows them to understand their worth, understand their human rights, speak up
for themselves, make informed decisions about their future, become financially independent and
to have a personal brand of how they want to be remembered as through self evaluation.
In a nutshell, one teacher, one girl, one pencil and one book is all that is needed to change the
world to help women become self-aware and exposed them different environments, allowing them
to branch out into the world and play their part in making it a better and compassionate place
for future generations.
African Youth Newspaper
