Eleanor Nwadinobi is a Nigerian medical doctor and women health activist. She is the first Nigerian to be elected as president of Medical Women International Association.

Background

Eleanor's father is from

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, Nigeria, and her mother is from

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. They both met in

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when her father was studying Veterinary Medicine at the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degre ...

and her mother at the time was training to be a nurse. She attended several schools due to her father's job and the interruptions of the

Nigerian Civil War The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Nigerian–Biafran War or the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence f ...

. She attended Queen’s School, Enugu; Saint Louis Grammar School, Ibadan; and the International School, University of Ibadan. She got her first degree in Medicine at the

University of Nigeria, Nsukka The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has t ...

. She received a master’s degree in Human Rights at the European Inter-University Centre in Venice, Italy.

Career

She has worked as an anaesthetic registrar in the UK. She worked with hospitals under the South East Kent Health Authority, including Dover, Folkestone and Ashford. She works with human right organizations to advocate against rape,

FGM Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is found ...

and other acts of violence against women. She is the president of Windows Development Organization. She was/is a member of the Every Woman Treaty’s steering committee which advocated for the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act which was passed to include punishment for harmful traditional practices against women.

References

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