Elizabeth Nyamayaro
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Elizabeth Nyamayaro is a renowned authority on social change, an award-winning humanitarian, and a former United Nations senior advisor. She spearheaded the creation of HeForShe, a groundbreaking global movement for gender equality that sparked over 1.2 billion online conversations within just five days. Represented by the esteemed Harry Walker Age....
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Elizabeth Nyamayaro is a renowned authority on social change, an award-winning humanitarian, and a former United Nations senior advisor. She spearheaded the creation of HeForShe, a groundbreaking global movement for gender equality that sparked over 1.2 billion online conversations within just five days. Represented by the esteemed Harry Walker Agency, her work has captured attention in major media outlets: The New York Times, Time, Good Morning America, NPR, CNN, BBC, and Vogue–– with her TED Talk garnering an impressive 1 MILLION views shortly after its release. Nyamayaro has counseled Fortune 500 CEOs and world leaders and has held leadership roles at the World Bank, World Health Organization, and the United Nations. She holds an MSc in Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and has completed executive education at Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School. You can also read her memoir, I Am a Girl from Africa, a Scribner imprint, reviewed by the New York Times.