This interview is so rich in the breadth of the topics covered. We ALL have a story to tell. Often we take it for granted or make assumptions about people because of the mountain top they sit on. We forget that they were not placed there but undertook a journey. Talking to Liza (pronounces L-ee-za), made me realise that your life leaves breadcrumbs to your purpose. 

 

First we talk about her family’s tumultuous displacement from their home country of Uganda during the reign of Idi Amin. That alone is a story that you should listen to.

 

We then explored the pros and cons of living abroad which includes; barriers in your career success, being a wife and mother and finding a balance of cultural expectations. Thereafter, concluded with a most informative conversation about how to navigate raising children, especially male children, in countries where experiencing racism is inevitable.

 

Liza is an international human rights lawyer. She has worked for the United Nations for 13 years in different capacities, in Geneva, Kenya and Zimbabwe. She has also worked with Save the Children Norway in Uganda, as the Program Coordinator-Social Protection - She has experience in criminal litigation and worked with an NGO in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA), handling appeals cases of people on death row. She has worked with various organisations in the past providing legal support to child victims of abuse, juvenile offenders, and refugees.

 

As an ardent advocate for gender equality and women’s rights especially for women of African descent, she Co- founded Phenomenal Women Global (PWG), a non-profit organisation, based in Geneva Switzerland and Uganda. PWG’s mission is to connect, advance and empower women by providing leadership training and mentorship for women and girls. In addition to being a career woman she is good mother.

 

Quotes

“This is a very significant problem where we are. People are hungry for success. They are hungry to see role models who look like them.”

 

“Cultural aspect is a limiting factor in women achieving success.”

 

“When you have a partner who appreciates you for who you are and let’s you be and achieve your goals, that can be a very pleasant thing”

 

“Find somebody who accepts you for who you are and what you want to achieve is not threatened by your success, but helps you to build on your success.”

 

“It’s important to say, I am a career woman but I am also a good mum. These are my limitations and let’s do this together.”

 

“It’s not necessary to have a thousand friends. But its very important to have at least one or two good friends that you know … those people are there for you physically or in spirit.”

 

Phenomenal Women Global:

Website: http://www.phenomenalwomenglobal.com/ 

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phenomenalwomenglobal 

 

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