Draft:Olanike Olugboji-Daramola

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Biography

Olanike Olugboji-Daramola giving a talk at the P.W.F.A.N Convention 2024, in Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Olanike Olugboji-Daramola (born 2 July, 1975) is a Nigerian conservationist, climate justice actor, women's empowerment advocate, citizen journalist, and writer. She is the founder and program director of the Women Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE), a non-profit organization that promotes environmental sustainability and empowers women and young females to become environmental stewards, climate actors, and peace builders.

Early Life and Education

Olanike holds first and second degrees in Urban and Regional Planning. Her core areas of expertise include Environmental, Climate, Peace, and Gender Development Issues.

Career

In 2004, Olanike founded the Environmental Management and Protection Network (EMPRONET), which later transitioned to WISE in 2009. Her work focuses on engaging grassroots women in natural resource stewarding and peacemaking, recognizing that women's rights, roles, responsibilities, and efforts are often overlooked in the drive for environmental sustainability.

In 2006, Olanike became a founding member of the Women's Earth Alliance (WEA), where she co-designed the global organization dedicated to empowering women environmental leaders around the world. In 2008, she participated in WEA's first Women and Water Training in Kenya, equipping her with technical skills, entrepreneurship training, and seed funding to launch her own NGO, WISE.

Since 2013 till date, WISE has reached 120,000 women and girls and sold 60,000 clean cookstoves, in part through WISE and WEA's clean cookstoves initiative, which trains women to launch clean cookstoves businesses.

Olanike is also WEA's Nigeria Project Lead and a correspondent for World Pulse, where she speaks on critical issues like climate change. Her writing has been featured in Time Magazine, and she is involved in a number of leadership and global initiatives, like the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.

Tree Planting Initiative

In an effort to combat climate change, Olanike led a tree planting initiative in Kaduna State, where 5,000 trees were planted in 220 primary and secondary schools. The initiative was part of a four-day training on Green Microenterprise Development organized by WISE for women and youth groups. The trees were planted in partnership with the state Ministry for Education and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). Olanike explained that the goal of the tree planting campaign was to contribute to minimizing the effects of climate change.

Awards and Recognition

Olanike has received numerous awards and recognition for her work, including:

• 2022: Appointed as one of five World Trade Congress on Gender Ambassadors
• 2022: Named one of Nigeria's Top 100 Environmental Professionals by Environment Africa Magazine

Publications and Memberships

Olanike is a member of Writers for Climate Justice, a Pan-African group that has co-authored a book about climate change. Her story is the first in the group, which she is proud to have contributed to. She is also a member of the Boards of WISE Waste Plastic Solution, Greenspace Integrated Global Services Limited, Green Environment Foundation (GEF), and Girl-Child Right Awareness Initiative in Africa.