Nemata Majeks-Walker

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Nemata Majeks-Walker
Born1946/1947(age 75–76) [1]
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Education Magburaka Secondary School for Girls
Annie Walsh Memorial School
Alma mater Fourah Bay College
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
University of Surrey
OccupationWomen's rights activist

Nemata Majeks-Walker (born 1946/1947) is a Sierra Leonean women's rights activist.

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Early life and education

Majeks-Walker was born to an Aku Mohammedan family in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. [2] She was an only child. [2] Her mother died when she was only five years old. [2] She was raised by her great-grandmother and other family members. [2]

She was educated at the Methodist Girls' School, Magburaka Secondary School for Girls in Mathora, and Annie Walsh Memorial School in Freetown. [2]

She won a government scholarship and earned a bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from Fourah Bay College (FBC) in 1972. She trained as a teacher and earned a post-graduate Diploma in Education in 1973. [2] She earned a master's degree in English as a Second Language at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1975. [2]

Academic career

Majeks-Walker returned to Freetown, lecturing at Fourah Bay College and AWMS, rising to co-head of the English Department in 1981, before working as a curriculum development officer for English at the Institute of Education in Freetown. [2]

In 1983, she won awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to pursue a PhD in distance education at the University of Surrey, in Guildford, England. She earned her PhD in 1986 and worked as an education officer in London until the early 1990s. [2]

Since 1999, Majeks-Walker has been a "consultant and facilitator/trainer with work experience in gender, leadership, advocacy, and politics". [3]

Activism

In 2001, Majeks-Walker founded the 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone, focused on equality for women. [4]

In July 2013, Majeks-Walker was a speaker at the World Justice Forum IV at The Hague, Netherlands. [5]

In 2015, she was named by the BBC as one of their 100 Women . [1] [4]

In January 2017, Majeks-Walker was appointed as the chairperson of the Teaching Hospital Complex Administration board by Sierra Leonean members of parliament of the Appointment and Public Service Committee. [3]

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  1. 1 2 "BBC 100 Women 2015: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Nemata Majeks-Walker". wordpress.com. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Parliament approves Dr. Nemata Majeks- Walker, 4 others". slconcordtimes.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 "The 50/50 Group's own Dr. Mrs. Nemata Majeks-Walker high-fived as one of the 2015 BBC Inspirational Women in the World. - 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone". fiftyfiftysierraleone.org. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "World Justice Forum IV Speaker: Nemata Majeks-Walker". World Justice Project. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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