In this episode, we chat with Toyin Chukwudozie and Fionnuala Murphy about their work in in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Oluwatoyin Chukwudozie is passionate about amplifying the voices of young people in her community. She has spent the last 13 years advocating for long-term social change for young people, particularly young women and girls. In 2013, she joined Education as a Vaccine as a Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights counsellor, where she provided SRHR counselling and information to adolescents and young people through various technology platforms.
She is currently the Executive Director of EVA, where she leads the team in developing and implementing advocacy, policy influencing, service delivery, and capacity-building programs to protect the rights of adolescents and young people in Nigeria, particularly adolescent girls, and young women. Throughout her career, she has led the coordination, development, and implementation of high-quality programs and activities advancing the rights of adolescents. She is currently a co-chair for the steering committee of the Civil Society Institute for Health and HIV in West and Central Africa and is the thematic lead for children and adolescents. She is also the Women’s Major Group Anglophone Africa Regional Organizing Partner, where she continues to advocate for change for young women and girls in the SDGs process. She has extensive experience working on youth SRHR program design and implementation, learning and accountability, in a rights-based approach.
Fionnuala Murphy is an advocacy leadership professional with two decades of experience. Fionnula’s work has secured policy and financing outcomes from the UK government, with partners in low- and middle-income countries and at the United Nations. A graduate in both Law and Journalism, she has a passion for strong advocacy communications and a special interest in HIV prevention, human rights and gender equality. At Frontline AIDS, she led a team of 15, focused on these key areas alongside pandemic preparedness, health and community systems and vaccine justice in my current role as Head of Global Advocacy.
Fionnuala was a speaker at our 2023 IGHNx event, her talk was entitled “The Rise of the Anti-Rights Movement and its Impact on Global Health and Humanity”. You can listen to her talk here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyVUej1GLE0
Fionnuala also contributed as a speaker on our webinar, as part of the Restore Humanity Campaign. The webinar was called “Reimagining Global Health and Development – Countries’ Response to Aid Cuts”. The webinar is available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3bN2aqRTeg
