Joy Ezeilo

Joy Ngozi Ezeilo is a Nigerian legal scholar.[1][2] She founded Women Aid Collective (WACOL), Tamar Sexual Assault Referral Centre and the West African Women’s Rights Coalition (WAWORC). Professor Ezeilo is an activist and a scholar. She is the 2019 winner of the National Human Rights Award in Nigeria and recipient of the National Honour of Officer of the Order of Niger (OON) for her activism and contribution to human development. She is currently the Deputy Chairperson of the African Women’s Leadership Network (AWLN) Nigerian chapter and also a Member of the Enugu State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Extra-Judicial Killings.

References
  1. "Biography sketch of Joy Ngozi Ezeilo (OON)". United nations Human Rights-Office of the High Commissioner. 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  2. "BIO OF PROF JOY NGOZI EZEILO (OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF NIGER)". University of Nigeria. 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-11-07.


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