Global Content & Campaigns Director at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Blessing Omakwu

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Their Secret Sauce

Jasmine Anouna

3 episodes

4 days ago

The world’s most powerful women leaders in social impact share the ONE skill they wish to pass on to leaders working in social change: their secret sauce. Hear from influential grassroots activists, social media creatives, tech leaders, Prime Ministers – women around the world leading change from gender equality to sustainability and politics. Music for Their Secret Sauce is a gift from one of the only all-women's orchestras in the world, Firdaus Orchestra, representing over 24 countries in the Middle East.

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Global Content & Campaigns Director at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Blessing Omakwu

Their Secret Sauce

1 hour 4 minutes 37 seconds

2 years ago

Global Content & Campaigns Director at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Blessing Omakwu

Blessing Omakwu is a Nigerian-American gender equality evangelist, lawyer, social impact curator, and the Deputy Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates’ Foundation’s Goalkeepers. Goalkeepers is a campaign, community, and catalyst for action on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In past life chapters, Blessing worked with and advised a variety of international organizations and government agencies, including the ONE Campaign, the Nigerian Federal House of Representatives, and the United Nations. Woven in her story is a profound love for storytelling – Blessing writes at the intersection of womanhood, religion and (pop) culture.

In this conversation, Blessing and Jasmine discuss topics such as:

🌶️how she went from a career in law, to content and campaigns, leading one of the most prestigious social impact communities in the world

🌶️current insecurities she's moving through

🌶️how to let go of others' expectations of who you "should be".

....Oh, and towards the end she lets us glimpse in her phone at the dozens of incredible journaling prompts she's saved 👏🏽