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She contributes articles, commentary and public interest analysis to Nigerian media platforms including ”[[Premium Times]]”<ref>{{Cite web |author=Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri |date=December 19, 2013 |title=My dear Iyabo Obasanjo |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/151749-dear-iyabo-obasanjo-victoria-ohaeri.html?tztc=1 |access-date=2025-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227061424/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/151749-dear-iyabo-obasanjo-victoria-ohaeri.html |archive-date=February 27, 2014}}</ref> and have been featured in policy and academic outlets such as ”[[Verfassungsblog]]”<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ibezim-Ohaeri |first=Victoria |date=2022-05-21 |title=Enabling Digital Authoritarianism in the Name of Counterterrorism |url=https://verfassungsblog.de/os6-nigeria/ |journal=Verfassungsblog |doi=10.17176/20220521-182224-0 |issn=2366-7044}}</ref>, ”Just Security”<ref name=”:1″ />, ”Radical Housing Journal” as well as a feature in ”[[The Christian Science Monitor]]”<ref>{{Cite news |title=In heated Nigeria elections, more women elbow up to political table |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2022/0711/In-heated-Nigeria-elections-more-women-elbow-up-to-political-table? |access-date=2025-08-21 |work=Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729}}</ref>.

She contributes articles, commentary and public interest analysis to Nigerian media platforms including ”[[Premium Times]]”<ref>{{Cite web |author=Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri |date=December 19, 2013 |title=My dear Iyabo Obasanjo |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/151749-dear-iyabo-obasanjo-victoria-ohaeri.html?tztc=1 |access-date=2025-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227061424/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/151749-dear-iyabo-obasanjo-victoria-ohaeri.html |archive-date=February 27, 2014}}</ref> and have been featured in policy and academic outlets such as ”[[Verfassungsblog]]”<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ibezim-Ohaeri |first=Victoria |date=2022-05-21 |title=Enabling Digital Authoritarianism in the Name of Counterterrorism |url=https://verfassungsblog.de/os6-nigeria/ |journal=Verfassungsblog |doi=10.17176/20220521-182224-0 |issn=2366-7044}}</ref>, ”Just Security”<ref name=”:1″ />, ”Radical Housing Journal” as well as a feature in ”[[The Christian Science Monitor]]”<ref>{{Cite news |title=In heated Nigeria elections, more women elbow up to political table |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2022/0711/In-heated-Nigeria-elections-more-women-elbow-up-to-political-table? |access-date=2025-08-21 |work=Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729}}</ref>.

Victoria is a [[public speaker]], her talks have included [[TED (conference)|TED]]<nowiki/>x appearances,<ref>{{Cite web |title=TEDxIkenegbu {{!}} TED |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/37026 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=www.ted.com}}</ref> lectures<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adam |first=Ibrahim |date=2024-12-10 |title=Stakeholders identify inequality and corruption as threats to democracy |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/stakeholders-identify-inequality-and-corruption-as-threats-to-democracy/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=The Nation Newspaper |language=en-US}}</ref> and panel roles at global convening including the [[Skoll World Forum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=25 Tutu Fellows at the 2024 Skoll World Forum |url=https://www.alinstitute.org/news/25-tutu-fellows-at-the-2024-skoll-world-forum? |access-date=2025-08-22 |website=www.alinstitute.org}}</ref>

Victoria is a [[public speaker]], her talks have included [[TED (conference)|TED]]<nowiki/>x appearances,<ref>{{Cite web |title=TEDxIkenegbu {{!}} TED |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/37026 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=www.ted.com}}</ref> lectures<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adam |first=Ibrahim |date=2024-12-10 |title=Stakeholders identify inequality and corruption as threats to democracy |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/stakeholders-identify-inequality-and-corruption-as-threats-to-democracy/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=The Nation Newspaper |language=en-US}}</ref> and panel roles at global convening including the [[Skoll World Forum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=25 Tutu Fellows at the 2024 Skoll World Forum |url=https://www.alinstitute.org/news/25-tutu-fellows-at-the-2024-skoll-world-forum? |access-date=2025-08-22 |website=www.alinstitute.org}}</ref>

=== Selected publications and commentary ===

=== Selected publications and commentary ===

Latest revision as of 13:16, 16 November 2025

Nigerian Lawyer and Human Rights Advocate

Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri is a Nigerian lawyer, human rights advocate and the Executive Director of Spaces for Change (S4C) a civil society organization focused on civic space, gender inclusion and energy policy in Nigeria. She is a 2013 SXSW honoree and a 2016 Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow.[1][2]

Victoria earned an LLB (Bachelor of Laws) from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom. She has a post-graduate diploma in International Development from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva and completed her LLM (Master of Laws) at Harvard University.[1]

She founded Spaces for Change (S4C) and acts as it’s Director of Research and Policy. S4C has collaborated with the International Institute for Sustainable Development‘s Global Subsidies Initiative on multi-country research into gender and fossil fuel subsidy reform.

She contributes articles, commentary and public interest analysis to Nigerian media platforms including Premium Times[3] and have been featured in policy and academic outlets such as Verfassungsblog[4], Just Security[2], Radical Housing Journal as well as a feature in The Christian Science Monitor[5].

Victoria is a public speaker, her talks have included, commentary on the 2021 End SARS Memorial protest, TEDx appearances,[6] lectures[7] and panel roles at global convening including the Skoll World Forum.[8]

Selected publications and commentary

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  • Energia/IISD Report – Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (Nigeria chapter and Consolidated report). [9]
  • Just Security – COVID-19 and the Shrinking Civil Space in Nigeria.[10]

Awards and recognition

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  • 2016 Cohort – Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship by the African Leadership Institute.
  • 2013 SXSW Honoree
  1. ^ a b “2016 Tutu Leadership Fellowship cohort announced”. alinstitute.org. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  2. ^ a b Ibezim-Ohaeri, Victoria. “Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri”. Just Security. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  3. ^ Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri (December 19, 2013). “My dear Iyabo Obasanjo”. Premium Times. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  4. ^ Ibezim-Ohaeri, Victoria (2022-05-21). “Enabling Digital Authoritarianism in the Name of Counterterrorism”. Verfassungsblog. doi:10.17176/20220521-182224-0. ISSN 2366-7044.
  5. ^ “In heated Nigeria elections, more women elbow up to political table”. Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  6. ^ “TEDxIkenegbu | TED”. www.ted.com. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  7. ^ Adam, Ibrahim (2024-12-10). “Stakeholders identify inequality and corruption as threats to democracy”. The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  8. ^ “25 Tutu Fellows at the 2024 Skoll World Forum”. www.alinstitute.org. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  9. ^ Lemphers, Nathan; Bernstein, Steven; Hoffmann, Matthew (2018), “The Global Subsidies Initiative”, The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and their Reform, Cambridge University Press, pp. 173–190, doi:10.1017/9781108241946.012, ISBN 978-1-108-24194-6, retrieved 2025-08-22
  10. ^ Ibezim-Ohaeri, Victoria (2020-05-19). “COVID-19 and the Shrinking Civic Space in Nigeria”. Just Security. Retrieved 2025-08-21.

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