A co-sponsored program with the Siena Symposium for Women, Family, and Culture.

Session One of the day's program on themes of Western influence, African hopes, and the clash between them.  This event features a presentation and live Q&A with Obianuju Ekeocha, Culture of Life Africa Founder and President.

Speaker
Obianuju Ekeocha is an internationally acclaimed strategist, speaker, author, social activist and documentary filmmaker. She was born and raised in southeastern Nigeria.  She is the founder and president of Culture of Life Africa, an organization dedicated to the promotion of an authentic Culture of Life in Africa and beyond. She is the author of Target Africa: Ideological Neocolonialism of the Twenty-First Century (published by Ignatius Press and now translated and republished in Spain and Saudi Arabia) and she is the Executive Producer of the award-winning documentary Strings Attached.

Obianuju has advised many African, European and North American legislators and political influencers on issues concerning women's health, youth, families, healthcare, foreign aid, education, and culture. She has also worked closely with religious leaders across the African continent and has co-authored a number of pro-life declarations with different African Catholic episcopal conferences.  She has planned, organized and facilitated many major pro-life conferences, strategic seminars and March for Life rallies in various African countries.

Obianuju has travelled the world extensively speaking in 65 cities across 24 countries. She has been welcomed as a guest speaker at many high profile meetings and events including policy briefings at the White House, the US State Department and a number of Parliaments around the world including the European Parliament. She also frequently addresses her concerns at various United Nations conferences and events. She has been featured by numerous broadcast networks, including BBC and Al Jazeera where she has defended the sanctity and dignity of every human life.

Consistent with her love for the wonder of life, Obianuju also currently works as a Specialist Biomedical Scientist in the United Kingdom.  Prior to her current position, she was a Medical Laboratory Scientist at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital. She holds a Master's degree in Biomedical Science from the University of East London and a Bachelor's degree in Microbiology from the University of Nigeria.