Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi | |
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| Born | 11 June 1963 Liverpool, England |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
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| Occupation(s) | Feminist activist, gender specialist, policy advocate, writer |
| Known for | Co-founding the African Women's Development Fund |
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| Awards | 2018 Zik Leadership Prize for humanitarian Leadership by Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC). |
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (born 11 June 1963) is a Nigerian-British feminist activist, policy advocate, social change philanthropy practitioner and writer.
She was first lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria. She is the wife of Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.
Fayemi is the founder of Above Whispers Media Foundation and writes a weekly column called Loud Whispers at the website Abovewhispers.com. She set up a mentoring program called The Wrapper Network. She was a UN Women Nigeria Senior advisor (2017–2018) and is a Visiting Senior ⁶Research Fellow at the Africa Leadership Center, King's College London.