Achta Mahamat Saleh is a business lawyer and sports law practitioner living in Egypt. Achta is Chadian, the eldest of 10 children, and the mother of two boys. In this episode, Achta discusses being a lawyer and seeing the world and rules through a different lens… falling in love with sports law… at 12 years old, being sent from her home in Chad to France to avoid child marriage… missing her mother and her family… running away to get back home to Chad… work as a passion… the challenges of being a working mother… gender inequality in families and in the workforce… overcoming unrealistic expectations… the importance of speaking out, being organized, and delegating… knowing that we matter and that we deserve to be heard and deserve to be powerful… encouraging, defending and being there for each other. (Chad)
