Dayo Benjamins-Laniyi Responds to Young Women Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwoK6KzM7Yg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwoK6KzM7Yg
Dayo shares thoughts about her favorite quote: Dayo said, “Here come some words from the writer, Henry David Thoreau: ‘If one advances confidently in the direction of his or her dreams,’ like I have today, ‘you will meet with success unexpectedly in the common hours of your life.’” “This is common?“ she asks. “No, it’s…
I met Dayo Benjamins-Laniyi, on my first day at the Conference on the Status of Women, at the UN this year. Her first name, Adedayo, meaning “the crown that brings joy to the community”, and she certainly lives up to her name. She treats everyone as if they are the most important person in the…