[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E333]
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                      HONORING JUANITA C. BOBBITT

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 10, 1998

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the skill and 
achievements of Juanita C. Bobbitt. Her contribution to the United 
Nations and women's issues is incomparable.
  Ms. Bobbitt was raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community of 
Brooklyn. Her undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College of the City 
University of New York as well as her Masters degree from New York 
University and Harvard University, successfully prepared her for a 
United Nations career that has spanned nearly four decades.
  As a consultant to governments and an expert in public administration 
and management, she has travelled to Africa, Asia and the Pacific, 
Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. She is fluent in French and 
Spanish. Recently, she was responsible for managing a group of 
professionals to formulate and implement programs in developing 
countries and economies in transition devoted to social, rural and 
community development, poverty alleviation, and the advancement of 
women. She is currently leading the Gender Advisory Services Unit in 
the Division for the Advancement of Women within the Department of 
Economic and Social Affairs. Most recently, Ms. Bobbitt organized a 
workshop on behalf of the United Nations to examine the ways to enhance 
the partnership among entrepreneurs, government, and the business 
community. As a result of Ms. Bobbitt's workshop, the Lausanne 
Enterprise was created to serve as an international mechanism to 
further develop women's entrepreneurship worldwide as a result of Ms. 
Bobbitt's workshop.
  As an active member of her community, Ms. Bobbitt has served on 
various academic committees. She is also a long-standing member of St. 
George's Episcopal Church and a Golden Life Member of Delta Sigma 
Theta, Inc., a Public Service Sorority.
  Ms. Bobbitt has been able to reach these incredible goals and also be 
the proud mother of one son, Edmund Michael Bobbitt, a Harvard graduate 
and entrepreneur.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Ms. Juanita C. Bobbitt 
for all of her achievements, for being a woman who dares to be 
different, and for showing young women everywhere that they can do and 
accomplish anything.

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