Felicity Landon, IMPA’s Freelance Journalist, talks to Nancy Karigithu, Advisor Blue Economy at Executive Office of the President of Kenya and Maritime and Blue Economy Special Envoy
Nancy Karigithu is Kenya's Ambassador and Special Envoy for Shipping and the Blue Economy and Principal Secretary of Kenya's State Department for Shipping and Maritime. A champion of women in shipping, she is passionate about opportunities for young people, decarbonisation and protection
of the environment.
There have been times in Nancy Karigithu's career when it would have been far easier to quit than to carry on, as she faced entrenched misogynistic attitudes and barely concealed attempts to undermine her position. But even on the worst days, she would ask herself - if I quit, what message am I giving to other women? That it can't be done?
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