Esoh's 2020 Inspiring Women,
#2: Bibiana Mih.
Bibi is not expecting this piece because I featured her among the Esoh’s 2019 Inspiring Women. But truth be told, this woman has done more community service within the last 12 months than most people (men and women alike) accomplish in 12 years or even a lifetime.
Mih Bibiana Mbei is a teacher, diplomat, humanitarian, wife, and mother. She is the founder and director of BIHNDUMLEM HUMANITARIAN ASSOCIATION OF PEACE AND HOPE, an NGO dedicated towards a holistic and sustainable transformation for vulnerable persons in poor rural communities in Africa.
Bibian is an outstanding community mobilizer towards humanitarian assistance, and a charismatic peace crusader who is well recognized by local communities for her commitment in uplifting community values. Bibian is exemplary in her commitment to peace building, leadership, human rights, development. Her peace building works are well known at local, national and international levels in an inclusive and participatory manner.
She has worked widely with other women from around the continent of Africa especially with Rwandan Women. She has written and published a book cherished by many policy makers titled: RWANDA-HORRORS OF GENOCIDE: PREVENTION IS POSSIBLE IN OUR WORLD TODAY. I have had the privilege of peer-reviewing a number of papers and conference presentations by this formidable woman, and I follow her keenly as she uses her book as a framework for promoting peace in Cameroon through conferences.
Through her organization, she regularly organizes conferences, seminars and talks on conflict prevention, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Non-violence, Peace-building, Justice, Reconciliation and Forgiveness for a Sustainable Peace and Development. She is currently a prominent figure in the struggle to find a lasting solution to the armed conflict that has devastated Anglophone Regions of Cameroon since the end of 2016. Although she often finds herself in the cross-fires of government and militant forces, she places her passion for humanity over her very own life.
Bibian’s passion and drive is to engage with thought leaders and high ranking decision makers in International Humanitarian Policy. She dreams and yearns to work towards building bridges of love, compassion and human empathy. She longs to build a world free of hatred, division, violence, conflict and wars.
Among other local and international recognitions, Bibian received an invitation from UN Women to attend a women’s summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Her aspiration for joining the UN Women platform is to to bring the voice of local women on the global stage, build confidence, build and engage more women’s coalitions and make UN resolution 1335 on Women, Peace, and Security a reality especially in recognition of grass roots women’s effort in building sustainable peace.
To have you gain a better appreciation of this inspiring woman, I invite you to watch a few videos of her following the links below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvVisVWwZkA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqx_uqZ4pnQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OykFSX1ojGk,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaYaUImde1I.
Disclaimer.
The Esoh’s Inspiring Women Series is an initiative that I started in 2019 as a personal way of shining the spotlight on those emerging women who have the potential of transforming society by serving as role models to African girls. The order of presentation is spontaneous and does not reflect any merit-based criterion. All the women featured in the series are members of my social network whom I know and interact with. There are no nominations, no votes, and no trophies. My understandable reasons, my immediate family is automatically disqualified from the exercise lol. The exercise is just a creative way to inspire people. It reflects my belief that by excelling in their careers, in entrepreneurship, and in leadership, these women deserve to be celebrated as models that young African women should aspire to.
Godfrey Nji Esoh.
www.godfreyesoh.com
