Oluwatoyin Chukwudozie

Toyin Chukwudozie is a passionate advocate for the rights, leadership, and wellbeing of young people, committed to amplifying their voices and shaping a future where every young person can thrive. With fifteen years of experience driving social transformation, her work has focused on advancing gender equality and the empowerment of young women and girls. In 2013, she joined Education as a Vaccine (EVA) as a Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Counsellor, where she provided critical SRHR information and counselling to adolescents and young people through innovative technology platforms. Throughout her career, Oluwatoyin has led the coordination, development, and implementation of high-impact programs that protect and promote the rights of adolescents and youth. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the Civil Society Institute for Health and HIV in West and Central Africa, where she also leads the Children and Adolescents thematic group. Her extensive experience spans youth-focused health, rights, and development program design, implementation, learning, and accountability, anchored in a strong human rights-based and feminist approach. As the Executive Director of Education as a Vaccine, Toyin leads a dynamic team in advancing advocacy, policy influence, service delivery, and capacity strengthening to create inclusive systems that uphold the rights and dignity of adolescents and young people in Nigeria, particularly adolescent girls and young women.