Snyder, who went by Peg, had already spent years working on women’s development issues in Tanzania when she joined the UN Economic Commission for Africa in 1971. Known widely as the UN’s “first feminist,” Snyder promoted women within the organisation as well. When she began working at the UN, in the early 1970s, most women there did secretarial work. Her father, Matthias, was a doctor, and her mother, Cecilia (Gorman) Snyder, taught Latin and German in a local high school. By the end of the 1980s, it had created women’s development commissions in 30 countries, through which the UN funnelled millions of dollars to grassroots women’s projects.

Source: bd News24 February 06, 2021 02:48 UTC