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She worked as a columnist in ”The Punch” newspaper, where she managed a column called “Princess Column”. She is an international speaker and lover of children. In 2000, she founded Media Concern Initiative for Women and Children, a non-governmental organisation for women and children that focuses in the field of sexual violence prevention and crisis response in Nigeria and Africa.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Teenagers’ unwanted pregnancy nightmare|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/teenagers-unwanted-pregnancy-nightmare/|magazine=The Nation|access-date=17 February 2017}}</ref> She has appeared in various radio talk shows and television programmes.<ref name=shore>{{cite web | url=http://www.isharehope.com/interviews/51-dr-princess-olufemi-kayode-abused-but-not-hopeless-isharehope/ | title=Princess Olufemi ”Abused but not hopeless” | publisher=I share hope | access-date=14 February 2017}}</ref> She became an Ashoka fellow in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Princess Olufemi-Kayode|url=https://www.ashoka.org/en/fellow/princess-olufemi-kayode| |
She worked as a columnist in ”The Punch” newspaper, where she managed a column called “Princess Column”. She is an international speaker and lover of children. In 2000, she founded Media Concern Initiative for Women and Children, a non-governmental organisation for women and children that focuses in the field of sexual violence prevention and crisis response in Nigeria and Africa.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Teenagers’ unwanted pregnancy nightmare|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/teenagers-unwanted-pregnancy-nightmare/|magazine=The Nation|access-date=17 February 2017}}</ref> She has appeared in various radio talk shows and television programmes.<ref name=shore>{{cite web | url=http://www.isharehope.com/interviews/51-dr-princess-olufemi-kayode-abused-but-not-hopeless-isharehope/ | title=Princess Olufemi ”Abused but not hopeless” | publisher=I share hope | access-date=14 February 2017}}</ref> She became an Ashoka fellow in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Princess Olufemi-Kayode|url=https://www.ashoka.org/en/fellow/princess-olufemi-kayode|=Ashoka |access-date= }}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 12:34, 25 October 2025
Nigerian criminal justice psychologist
Princess Olufemi-Kayode (also known as Modupe Olufemi-Kayode)[1] is a Nigerian criminal justice psychologist and prominent child rights activist. Olufemi-Kayode became an Ashoka fellow in 2007. She is the Executive Director of Media Concern for Women and Children Initiative (MEDIACON), a non profit organisation (NGO) listed by the UNDP[2] which works with child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation.
Early life and education
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Princess is a child abuse survivor,[3] who was abused several times by her close associates.[1] In 1979, she wrote two poems about her child abuse experience.[4]
She worked as a columnist in The Punch newspaper, where she managed a column called “Princess Column”. She is an international speaker and lover of children. In 2000, she founded Media Concern Initiative for Women and Children, a non-governmental organisation for women and children that focuses in the field of sexual violence prevention and crisis response in Nigeria and Africa.[5] She has appeared in various radio talk shows and television programmes.[3] She became an Ashoka fellow in 2007, making her a part of the growing network of African changemakers recognized by Ashoka, including Njideka Harry,Oreoluwa Lesi, Ngozi Iwere and Omowumi Ogunrotimi.[6][7][8][9][10]
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