Sister Francisca Ngozi Uti, founder and executive director of the Centre for Women Studies and Intervention (CWSI) in Abuja, Nigeria, has been awarded the 2024 Opus Prize. The prestigious $1.2 million honour recognizes extraordinary humanitarian efforts worldwide. During the award ceremony on November 14 at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit institution in California’s Silicon Valley, Sister Ngozi, a member of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus (HHCJ), expressed profound gratitude. “Did I ever imagine being nominated as the laureate? Honestly, no,” she said. “Words seem inadequate…
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