Funke Adeoye

Funke Adeoye
Born (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992
Alma materUniversity of Benin (Nigeria)
Lagos Business School
Lagos Business School (LBS)

Makwanyane Fellow of Cornell University Centre on Death Penalty (2019) Ashoka Fellow, an Acumen Fellow, a 2019 LEAP Africa Social Innovation Fellow Mandela washington Fellow- University of Georgia

OccupationHuman Rights Lawyer
Known forFounder Hope Behind Bars Africa
Websitehopebehindbarsafrica.org

Funke Adeoye is a Nigerianinternational human rights lawyer, social entrepreneur, Young Global Leader, and founder of Hope Behind Bars Africa.

Funke established Nigeria's first social enterprise focused on reducing recidivism by providing vocational and educational skills to women and young people in prisons. She was the first Waislitz Award winner on criminal justice issues