Female IDPs Continue to Suffer Starvation and Sexual Abuse in Nigerian Camps

ABUJA – In September 2016, a study on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) conducted in Nigeria by NOI Polls reported that access to food, water, medicines and relief materials remain big issues to most IDPs; and sadly, women are mostly at the receiving end. About 85 percent of the IDPs interviewed, at the time, said they […]

Shaping the Mind of the Girl-child with Storytelling

“Eze Ada, you are meant to be a boy”- this is a phrase that has been said way too many times to me by mother and I have always wondered why; was it because of the way I walked- as a fast walker, did that mean I didn’t possess the grace that a woman was […]

SEFUNMI OGUNLADE

Accounting Officer

Ogunlade Oluwasefunmi is an experienced accounting professional with over two years of service at AWIM, where she currently works as an Account Officer II. She holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Banking and Finance and possesses professional proficiency certifications from the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered). 

She is skilled in financial reporting, account reconciliation, and maintaining accurate financial records. Ogunlade Oluwasefunmi Elizabeth is also proficient in modern accounting techniques and remains committed to integrity, efficiency, and supporting sound financial management within the organization.

DR. YEMISI AKINBOBOLA

C.E.O & Co-founder, AWiM

Dr Yemisi Akinbobola is an award-winning journalist, academic, consultant and co-founder of African Women in Media (AWiM). AWiM’s vision is that one-day African women will have equal access to representation in media. Joint winner of the CNN African Journalist Award 2016 (Sports Reporting), Yemisi ran her news website IQ4News between 2010-14.
Yemisi holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from Birmingham City University, where she is an Associate Professor of Women’s Rights and Media Development. She has published scholarly research on women’s rights, African feminism, and journalism and digital public spheres. She was Editorial Consultant for the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 commemorative book titled “She Stands for Peace: 20 Years, 20 Journeys”, and currently hosts the book’s podcast.
She speaks regularly on issues relating to gender and media. In 2021 she was recognized as one of 100 Most Influential African Women.