{{short description|Nigerian criminal justice psychologist}} {{Infobox person | name = Princess Olufemi-Kayode | image = Dr Princess Olukayode (1).jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Nigeria | spouse = | children = | death_date = | death_place = | net worth = | other_names = | known_for = Child rights activism | title = Executive Director }}
'''Princess Olufemi-Kayode''' {{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Princess Olufemi-Kayode.wav|Listen|help=no}} (also known as '''Modupe Olufemi-Kayode'''<ref name="princess">{{cite news |last=Olisa |first=Blessing |title=Why sexual abuse is rampant |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/why-sexual-abuse-is-rampant/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|date=17 February 2017 |access-date=25 October 2025|newspaper=The Nation}}</ref>) is a Nigerian criminal justice psychologist and prominent child rights activist. Olufemi-Kayode became an Ashoka fellow in 2007.<ref name="AshokaOlufemiKayode">{{cite web |title=Princess Olufemi-Kayode |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en-ng/fellow/princess-olufemi-kayode |website=Ashoka |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref>
She is the Executive Director of Media Concern for Women and Children Initiative (MEDIACON), a non-profit organisation that provides trauma counseling, legal advocacy, and crisis intervention for child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation. The organization also trains professionals and raises public awareness to prevent abuse and improve support systems.<ref name="NoneInThree">{{cite web |title=Dr Princess Olufemi-Kayode – None In Three |url=https://www.noneinthree.org/international-advisory-group/dr-princess-olufemi-kayode/ |website=None In Three |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="MediaConcern">{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.mediaconcern.net/who_we_are |website=Media Concern Initiative |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Princess is a child abuse survivor,<ref name=shore/> who was abused several times by her close associates.<ref name="princess" /> In 1979, she wrote two poems about her child abuse experience.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Adeboye|first1=Olukemi|title=I attempted suicide in my teenage years|url=http://www.thepointng.com/i-attempted-suicide-in-my-teenage-years-princess/|publisher=The Point|access-date=17 February 2017}}</ref>
==Career== She worked as a columnist in ''The Punch'' newspaper, where she managed a column called "Princess Column". She is an international speaker and lover of children. In 2000, she founded Media Concern Initiative for Women and Children, a non-governmental organisation for women and children that focuses in the field of sexual violence prevention and crisis response in Nigeria and Africa.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Teenagers' unwanted pregnancy nightmare|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/teenagers-unwanted-pregnancy-nightmare/|magazine=The Nation|access-date=17 February 2017}}</ref> She has appeared in various radio talk shows and television programmes.<ref name=shore>{{cite web | url=http://www.isharehope.com/interviews/51-dr-princess-olufemi-kayode-abused-but-not-hopeless-isharehope/ | title=Princess Olufemi ''Abused but not hopeless'' | publisher=I share hope | access-date=14 February 2017}}</ref> She became an Ashoka fellow in 2007, making her a part of the growing network of African changemakers recognized by Ashoka, including Njideka Harry,Oreoluwa Lesi, Ngozi Iwere and Omowumi Ogunrotimi.<ref name="AshokaOgunrotimi">{{cite web |title=Omowumi Ogunrotimi |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/fellow/omowumi-ogunrotimi |website=Ashoka |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="AshokaLesi">{{cite web |title=Oreoluwa Somolu |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en-ng/fellow/oreoluwa-somolu |website=Ashoka |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="AshokaOlufemiKayode">{{cite web |title=Princess Olufemi-Kayode |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en-ng/fellow/princess-olufemi-kayode |website=Ashoka |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="AshokaIwere">{{cite web |title=Ngozi Iwere |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en-ng/fellow/ngozi-iwere |website=Ashoka |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="AshokaHarry">{{cite web |title=Njideka Harry |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en-nrd/fellow/njideka-harry |website=Ashoka |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref> .<ref>{{cite web|title=Princess Olufemi-Kayode|url=https://www.ashoka.org/en/fellow/princess-olufemi-kayode|publisher=Ashoka Fellow|access-date=17 February 2017}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi0qOZhCEGw Youtube] *[http://www.mediaconcern.net/ Media Concern Initiative]
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