Joy ngozi ezeilo biography definition

Nigerian lawyer

Joy Ngozi Ezeilo is a Nigerianprofessor of public law, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, an activist,^[1] and a six-year United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking persons in Africa.^[2][3][4] She is also a former Commissioner for Gender and Social Development, Enugu State.^[5] She was a former Dean and HOD of faculty of law University of Nigeria Nsukka^[2][4][3] and the founder of the Women Aid Collective (WACOL).^[6] She is a recipient of Officer of the Order of Niger (OON)  and one of the 2022 BBC 100 Women^[7][8][9]

Early life and education

Joy was born in 1966 at Enugu in Nigeria.^[10] She earned her  Ph.D.

in  Nigeria,  LLM in London LL.B. also in Nigeria BL, Diploma, Peace & Conflict Resolution in Uppsala.^[2][11][8]

Career

Joy became a professor of