Home Breadcrumb caret Industry News Breadcrumb caret Industry Women in Finance Series – Dahabo Ahmed-Omer Lessons for building resilience with Dahabo Ahmed-Omer, executive director of the BlackNorth Initiative May 10, 2021 | Last updated on October 12, 2023 2 min read Dahabo Ahmed-Omer shares her moving story of how she overcame adversity and how she uses her hard-won experience to help others in her community and beyond. Watch Part 2 of this two-part series. About Dahabo Ahmed-OmerExecutive Director, The BlackNorth Initiative Dahabo Ahmed-Omer is an award-winning leader and human rights advocate. As Executive Director of the BlackNorth Initiative, which includes several signatories and board members from the financial services industry, Ahmed-Omer manages all aspects of The Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti-Black Systemic Racism. Previously, Ahmed-Omer was Director of Operations with the Somali Center for Family Services and an employment equity advisor with Public Safety Canada. She is also a founding member of the Justice for Abdirahman Coalition, which advocated securing justice for the late Abdirahman Abdi and his family. Ahmed-Omer’s many accolades include the Canada150 Community Builder Award; the Hope Academy community contribution award; the Ottawa Black History Community Leadership Award; one of the 100 most influential people of African descent under age 40 (2019), an award in support of the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent; and the Report on Business Top 50 Changemakers Award, 2021. Stories about women in finance from Advisor’s Edge Banks lead on gender equity, but there’s room for improvement: DBRS How advisors can help women overcome pandemic challenges Women’s employment worsens dramatically during pandemic Push for gender equality to accelerate post-pandemic: Moody’s Financial well-being may be neglected amid household juggling act, poll says Macklem points to child care, education to help ease protracted employment recovery Applications open for Return to Bay Street program Disclosure rule leads to more women on Canadian boards: report Save Stroke 1 Print Group 8 Share LI logo