Ekpo “Gift” GodsGift

Improved Sexual Health and Rights Advocacy Initiative (ISHRAI)

Gift is a Program Officer with ISHRAI, a community-led organization working to reduce discrimination and violence against adolescent girls and other vulnerable youth. His background as a paralegal along with his work with ISHRAI has built his expertise in community development and mobilization, human rights, and advocacy. Gift is also a youth advocate, promoting youth participation in defense of SRHR through peer education and facilitates young person’s access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services. He is passionate about gender equity and improving the rights and wellbeing of youth, especially vulnerable adolescent girls in Lagos.

Rise Up Cohort: Nigeria 1 – 2018