Awa Ndiaye-Seck
Awa Ndiaye-Seck
Awa Ndiaye-Seck is a Senegalese national who serves as the United Nations Resident Representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Special Representative of the Executive Director on AWLN at UN Women. Awa has previously worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and also served in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in various capacities.
"Women have the right to practice what corresponds to their culture. We are in a country where wearing the pagne has value. And expressing the celebration by wearing ones pagne is perfectly in line with Congolese culture. Laughing, having fun, taking a moment to enjoy oneself is a right. One does not exclude the other."
