Christiana Thorpe
/Overview
Christiana Ayoka Thorpe born Freetown, Sierra Leone August 16, 1955. Former nun of St. Joseph; leader of West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) promoting peace after 10-year civil war. Minister of Education, 1994; first woman to head Electoral Commission, 2005.
Quotations
"[C]ompetent women placed in positions of authority can turn things around for the better in a relatively short period." (International Foundation for Electoral Systems, November 21, 2013; photo Sierraconnection.com)