Josephine Obiajulu Odumakin
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Josephine "Joe" Obiajulu Okei-Odumakin is a Nigerian women's rights activist. She is the president of the rights groups Women Arise for Change Initiative and the Campaign for Democracy.
Odumakin was born in Zaria, Kaduna on 4 July 1966. She grew up in a Roman Catholic household.[1]
In 1987, Odumakin received a bachelor's degree in English Education. Then she received a master's degree in Guidance and Counseling and a doctorate in History and Policy of Education from the University of Ilorin. She was arrested often for her activism, especially during the military rule of Ibrahim Babangida. She met her future husband, Yinka Odumakin, in prison.[1]