TITILOPE NGOZI AKOSA
NIGERIA
CENTRE FOR 21ST CENTURY ISSUES
As the Executive Director of Centre for 21st Century Issues, Titilope Ngozi Akosa has been involved in gender and climate justice work from the local level to the global level. During the process leading up to COP15, she mobilized and coordinated meetings for Nigerian women. She has experience with various networks including the Bridge Institute for Development, UNHABITAT, and Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA). Titilope has worked with WEDO, other gender advocacy organizations, and gender activists in order to incorporate gender language into the negotiating texts. In terms of local and regional initiatives, Titilope has facilitated many trainings on gender and climate change for local communities in Nigeria and Ghana; trainings for women on gender and energy efficiency; trainings for journalists and media practitioners on gender and climate change under the African Adaptation Program; and trainings for conflict and climate change for small holder farmers. She also has experience at the policy level.
