Smaranda Olarinde

Smaranda Olarinde
Born	Romania
Nationality	Nigeria
Occupations	Law professor teacher researcher legal practitioner
Years active	2015–present
Children	Daddy Freeze

Smaranda Olarinde is a Romanian-born Nigerian law professor, president of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers, and incumbent vice-chancellor at Afe Babalola University. ^{[1] [2]} She worked as a legal researcher at the UNICEF offices in Oyo State and Niger State in 1995. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

Olarinde has over three decades of cumulative experience as a law teacher, academic, researcher and legal practitioner. She has a legal background in civil and common law. ^[5] Olarinde's focus has been on the rights and protection of women, children and young adolescents. In 1989, she was a legal researcher for IDRC on land tenure and access to land for women. She also served as a legal researcher for the World Bank on law development and the status of women (1990) and towards a gender strategy in Nigeria (1992). ^[6]

She was a member of the “think tank” for the legal protection of children in Oyo State and coordinator of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).

Olarinde carried out several multidisciplinary researches on reproductive rights, women and children's rights, HIV/AIDS and participated in the collaborative effort between researchers from Israel, the Netherlands and Nigeria.

She is actively involved in training law students at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as law clinicians for participation in community services involving pro bono legal advice. ^[7]

Personal life

Olarinde is the mother of Daddy Freeze. ^{[8] [9]}

See also

• Afe Babalola

References

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2. "Former minister, others applaud ABUAD's law programme". Punch News. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
3. "CJN. Seeks end to bad eggs in legal profession". News Nigeria. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
4. "The Provost". abuad.edu.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
5. "What excites me about ABUAD - Prof. Elisabeta Olarinde (VC)". The Sun Nigeria. 26 September 2020.
6. "Daddy Freeze's Mum, Smaranda Becomes Association Of African Universities Board Member | Sahara Reporters". saharareporters.com. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
7. "Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration". abuad.edu.ng. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
8. "Daddy Freeze introduces his mother: You might be surprised who she is". expressiveinfo.com. July 9, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
9. "I am not bleaching, Neither was I adopted. Here is a pic of my mum to prove this ~ Freeze". June 20, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.