Josephine Effah-Chukwuma
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Josephine Effah-Chukwuma | |
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| Born | Josephine Effah |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Education |
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| Occupation(s) | Social entrepreneur, Human right advocate |
| Known for | Founder and Executive Director, Project Alert |
Josephine Effah-Chukwuma (born 29 September 1966[1]) is a Nigerian Development Specialist and advocate against domestic violence who founded the first battered women's shelter in Nigeria - Sophia's place.[2] She is the Founder and Executive Director, Project Alert[3][4] established in January, 1999 which provides medical assistance to injured female victims through public fund sourcing and also provide legal services to victims.[5][6]
Background and Education
Josephine is an English and Literature graduate from the University of Calabar[7] with a master's degree in Development Studies with Specialization in women from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands.[8] She was born into a family of 7 and married to Barr. Innocent Chukwuma.[9]
Career
She worked for a newspaper called The Diplomat until 1992 when she went for her master's degree after which she joined The Constitutional Rights Project, an institution founded by Clement Nwankwo.[10]
Josephine has saved a lot of women through her NGO Project Alert. In May 2001, she launched a shelter project known as Sophia's place (the first battered women's shelter in Nigeria) – a temporary shelter for victims of domestic violence. For eight years, the shelter operated in a rented building.[11]
In 2010, Project Alert was able to acquire its own building for its shelter project through funds raised at the Ngo's 10th Anniversary Shelter Fundraising event in 2009 and funds received from the African Women Foundation, AWDF, Accra Ghana.[12][13]
She is a member of a several organizations which include Lead Consultant at Justice for all (J4A) Programme 1.4 Voluntary Policing, President at Our Lady of Apostle Old Students Association, Founding Member at Association on Research in Civil Society in Africa, AROCSA and also an Ashoka fellow since 2002.[9]
References
- ^ Wednesday; October 2008, 29; WikileaksRef: 08ABUJA2142, 4:59 pm Cable. "Cablegate: Nigeria's Nominee for the 2009 Secretary's Award | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Friends thought I'd never get married –Effah Chukwuma". The Sun Nigeria. 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "Day in the Life: Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, Development Specialist". Growing Up Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ Mudia, Jokpa (2020-05-28). "Josephine Effah-Chukwuma Advises all to Stay Home | By ImpactHouse International". Development Diaries. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "Josephine Effah-Chukwuma: Celebrating 20 years of Women's Rights Activism in Nigeria | Project Alert". Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "Domestic Violence: It's assuming epidemic proportions - Effah-Chukwuma". Vanguard News. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ Olawale, Ronke. "Transcript of Josephine Effah-Chukwuma" (PDF). University of Michigan.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Josephine Effah-Chukwuma: Celebrating 20 years of Women's Rights Activism in Nigeria -". The NEWS. 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ a b Admin. "Josephine Effah-Chukwuma". Ashoka.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "#WCW: Josephine Effah–Chukwuma – The Inspire Series by Glory Edozien". Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ Published. "I've always been interested in gender rights, not lipsticks, fashion –Effah-Chukwuma, Project Alert founder". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) to visit grantee partners in Nigeria, 27th May – 7th June 2013". The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF). 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "Domestic violence inflicting psychological, emotional trauma on children". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
Category:Nigerian social entrepreneurs
Category:Nigerian chief executives
Category:Nigerian women in business
Category:Living people
Category:1966 births