Eucharia Uranta-Okonkwo

Uranta-Okonkwo Eucharia is a Research, Gender and evaluation specialist. She has long-standing commitment to development garnered from over 10 years of extensive experience working on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), gender based violence (GBV), gender analysis, child protection, women’s empowerment, community resillence, advocacy, social inclusion, monitoring and evaluation. She has so far seen to the documentation and reporting of over 1,000 cases of sexual violence against women and children in Nigeria as well as supporting capapcity building of civil society groups on PSEA. She currently serves as the Country Program Manager for Farm Radio International where she takes the lead in planning, delivering, reporting on, and closing the full portfolio of FRI Projects in Nigeria. In the past, she supported the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to implement a 3-year World Bank, funded Project across the 36 states of Nigeria. In the past she led the PSEA and Advocacy component of a 4-year Integrated Lassa Fever Care programme with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International. Under Eucharia’s leadership, gender equality and inclusion, PSEA, Monitoring and Evaluation is now being integrated across FRI’s administrative and other donor funded projects. She is an active member of the child protection network of Nigeria and contributor to the launch of the United Nation’s Resolution 1325 State action plan in Rivers and Bayelsa States. She is currently seeking challenging opportunities were she can contribute her quota in strengthening developmental/humanitarian programmes, ending gender based violence, mainstreaming gender perspectives and promote social inclusion and change.