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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: WHAT WOMEN CAN LEARN FROM THE EMERGENCE OF DR NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA 8 Things Women Can Learn From Ngozi Okonjo Iweala’s Life Achievements The emergence of Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala as the new WTO DG has been received with great joy all over the world. Her appointment as the Director General of the 26 year old Geneva based body with 164 member countries representing ninety eight percent of the global trade is ground breaking and highly commendable. The implications for Nigeria and for women in the global sphere are far reaching.For the African continent, the news is particularly disruptive in positive ways. This is because the continent is plagued by artificial limitations placed on the path of women, reducing their values to only child bearing and placing a glass ceil...