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)[3] 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. She was honored as one of the BBC 100 Women in 2022.[4]

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.
  3. "OHCHR | Joy Ngozi Ezeilo (Oon), former Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children". OHCHR. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  4. "BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-12-10.


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