Rinu Oduala

Rinu Oduala is the Executive Director of the Marigold RO Foundation, a civic organization that engages with both domestic and foreign partners to promote and implement citizen capacity development programs. Notably, she was a Hurford Youth Fellow 2023 at the National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, DC, and has spoken at over 100 events and universities globally, including the John F. Kennedy Forum, Harvard University, Boston, and American University School of International Service, Washington, DC. She has been nominated for Future Awards Africa for Advocacy and Activism, Forbes WOMAN AFRICA Young Achiever Award 2024, and is the recipient of over 100 honors and awards, including HerEconomy's 2022 Woman of the Year in Advocacy. Spurred by police brutality in Nigeria and beyond, Rinu has become a key player in the work to confront the systems and structures that have led to mass incarceration and police killings of Nigerians. Her work spans social justice, human rights, global health, and democracy. She is passionate about lifting voices and stories of young people across the globe.