Fields of Study
- Criminal Behaviour
- Transnational Justice & International Criminal Law
- Race, Ethnicity & Colonialism
- Law and Legal Processes
- Governance & Public Policy
Areas of Interest
- Gender & Conflict
- Feminist Studies
- Transitional Justice
- Gender Justice
- African History
- Conflict
- Memories
- Sexual and Gender-based violence
- Technology
Biography
Omowumi Asubiaro Dada (Wumi) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies. In September 2024, she defended her doctoral thesis titled “Mai Kariya (Female Protectors): The Evolving Role of Women in Conflict in Kaduna State, Nigeria." During her postdoctoral fellowship, she will contribute to the Transformative Memory Project and advance her theorization of "circumstance-cial construction’" in a book project based on her thesis.
Prior to her PhD studies, she worked as a human rights lawyer on issues of social inequality, gender-based violence and inclusion. She received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Lagos State University, Nigeria, was called to the Nigerian Bar, and obtained a Master of Law Degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
Wumi has worked in law and public policy for the past 21 years to design and manage projects for non-governmental organisations, government agencies and international development agencies. As a feminist, she makes significant personal and technical contributions to the women’s movement in Nigeria and Africa. She co-convenes the Feminist Womanifesto, one of the biggest platforms for feminists organising in Nigeria, and sits on the boards of BAOBAB For Women Human Rights, Gatefield Africa, Women Advocate and Research Centre, and the Centre for Redefining Alternative Civic Engagement for Africa.