Felicia Adedoyin Durojaiye-Oyekanmi
University of Lagos
feduoy@hotmail.com
I was born in Nigeria and schooled in Nigeria and the USA. My professional experience has spaned a period of 40 years, since 1974, working in the academia in tertiary institutions in Nigeria, USA and Ghana. I also worked as a Senior Programme Officer and Head of Pulications and Communications at the Coincil for the Development of Social and Economic Research in Africa, Dakar, Senegal from November 2000 to March 2003. Currently I am working as a Professor of Demography in the Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria
1. Oyekanmi, F. A. D.; Fatai A. Badru & Funmi Bammeke (eds.) Globalization and social pathologies: Rethinking the state of social welfare in Nigeira. Published by Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, 308 pp. (ISBN: 978-978-900-340-2), 2010.
2. Oyekanmi, F. D. and Ogunlade, P. B. (eds.) Appraisals of the preparation for the 2006 Population and Housing Census in Nigeria, Published by Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Lagos, 169pp. (ISBN: 978-978-083-696-2), 2008
3. Oyekanmi, F. D. An exploratory study of the impact of widowhood on children of widows in Lagos, Published by Human Development Initiatives(HDI).Lagos, Jan 2007, 63pp. (ISBN 978-37105-2-4)
4. Oyekanmi, F. A. D. and Soyombo, O. (eds.) Society and Governance: The quest for legitimacy in Nigeria, Published by Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Lagos and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Nigeria. 2007, 344pp, ISBN: 978-32246-6-2
5. Oyekanmi, F. A. D. and Nwabueze, N. (eds.) Education and regeneration of traditional values in Nigeria, Published by Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Lagos, 2006, 357pp. (ISBN: 978-079-120-5)
(i) Western Region of Nigeria University Undergraduate Scholarship, 1967-1970
(ii) The Population Council New York, U.S.A., Fellowship, 1971-1972
(iii) University of Pennsylvania Fellowship, 1972-1973
(iv) Name cited in Who’s Who of Nigerian Women edited by C. Osinulu and O. Jegede: published by Nigerian Association of University Women, Lagos, 1985,. P.2410.
(v) Name cited in The American Bibliographical Institute; International Book of Honour: Third World Edition, for distinguished Service Research and Teaching Professions, 1990.
(vi) “Women Glass Ceiling Crashers” Award presented to me by the Women Writers of Nigeria (WRITA, National) on 12 November, 2004 at Goethe Institute, Lagos, Nigeria.
(vii) Profile published in The HERSTORY Project: Women of Valour, Vol. 2., published by African Cultural Institute. Award given on 8 Dec. 2005 by Africa Cultural Institute, Lagos.
ii) Principal Researcher on project entitled, ’Politics of antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria’, funded by Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), July 2006 to date
iii) Participation in Radio/Television discussions, lectures, Symposia and women activities etc., 1990 to date.
iv) Research Co-ordinator. WHO sponsored project on – Women’s Health As a Human Right in Nigeria; WHO and Federal Ministry of Health, July 1995 to December 1995. Report submitted in September 2001
v) Consultations of World Bank Strategy paper on Rural Development and Rural Poverty Reduction in Eastern and Southern Africa organised by AERC, Nairobi, Kenya, March 26-28, 2001.
vi) Co-organised Consultations of World Bank Strategy on Rural Development and Rural Poverty Reduction in West and Central Africa from March-May 2001. Workshop held on May 7 -9, 2001 in Dakar, Senegal with 75 participants in attendance. Report of the workshop has been written and submitted to the World Bank.
vii) Co-ordinator of the Analysis Cell for Civil Society Empowerment for Alleviation of Poverty in Africa – Nigerian Cell; funded by UNDP through CODESRIA, May 1998 to 2000.
viii) Director, Gender Institute 1997, CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal, June – July 1997.