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Omoayena Rosemary Odunbaku is a Nigerian development expert, university lecturer, human settlement officer with UN Habitat, [1] and founder of the organization Her Ability Hub. [2] [3]
Odunbaku holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. [4] She was a lecturer of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Lagos between 2012 and 2018, and a lecturer assistant of the Department of Town Planning at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta between 2006 and 2007. [5]
She joined the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) as a Programme Manager in 2014 before becoming the Human Settlement Officer, Regional Office for Africa (ROAf) in 2016. [6]
In 2012, she received the Distinguished Researcher award from the University of Lagos. [7]
In 2021, she authored a 331-page biography, Omoh, which documents her life journey. [8] [9]
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