OLANIKE OLUGBOJI

OLANIKE OLUGBOJI - NIGERIA

Olanike Olugboji believes there is a strong connection between empowering women and sustaining the environment. She is Founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Management and Protection Network (EMPRONET) whose mission is to promote constructive environmental practices aimed towards environmental sustainability. During her travels in Nigeria as an environmental consultant, educator, and advocate, Olanike recognized “the potential for women to improve their social, economic, and political status through developing and managing natural resources.”

This summer, Olanike will attend the African Women and Water Conference, endorsed and hosted by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Wangari Maathai. “Along with thirty other selected African women leaders, I will learn the skills and technology to launch a water service project in my community.” Every woman will leave this training with a “toolkit” of skills, technologies, expertise, and seed money to start her own water service project. Olanike says she will also return home with a model for broader training in natural resource management and her Women’s Resource Center.

Vision: Empowering Women through Environmental Management

Her vision is “to establish a Women’s Resource Center where impoverished women can learn skills and develop opportunities in environmental management and protection.”