The making of An exceptional Activist

Stephen Chibuikem Chukwumah born 17 September 1988 is an internationally recognised human rights youth activist. His involvement with human rights work started in high school with advocating for the rights of students, this progressed to serious work for him in the university but in 2007 he started a youth organisation that provided sexual health and human rights information and services to young minorities (sex workers, IDU's, young women, people living with HIV, disabled persons and the LGBTQ community).
 He has also works with the European Union and high commissions in Nigeria on human rights and other issues affecting young people. He is from Ebenebe in Awka North LGA,Anambra State, Nigeria.

 He started his education at Duro-Oyedoyin primary school surulere Lagos and finished as one of the best pupil, he proceeded to Iponri Estate High School in surulere Lagos for his secondary education. During his time in high school he was very involved with a lot of school social activities, selected by the school and was trained as Hiv/Aids peer educator by the Lagos State Government and National Union of Teachers,at the Lagos state chapter. Stephen was offered admission to read mass-communication at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka Anambra state but he proceed to read English and Literature at the prestigious Ambrose Alli University,Ekpoma,Edo State, Nigeria.

 He started at a very young age, his humanitarian and voluntary work with NGO's in Nigeria, working with Most at Risk Populations(MARPS), served as a youth board member for one of Nigeria's NGO working on sexual health.Worked at Youth Coalition in Canada,went on to serve as an International Youth Advisor to the United Nations Fund Population Agency,worked at International Advisor for Rutgers Nisso through their Youth Incentives program in the Netherlands. He works as a steering committee member for the HIV Young Leaders Fund.

 In 2013, Stephen became the first Nigerian and the youngest at the time to be awarded a scholarship to do a fellowship at the Faculty of Law University of York. He is currently a fellow of the University.Stephen Chukwumah was invited to a breakfast with the mayor of York United Kingdom together with other human rights activist to discuss their work and general human rights issues in their country and within the UK
Presently,He is the founder and Executive Director of Improved Youth Health Initiative,working on sexual health and rights for and with young people in Eastern Nigeria. He has a diploma from the RFSU International Training program on Sexual Health and International Human and sexual Rights in Stockholm,Sweden and Cape Town,South Africa sponsored by the Swedish government.
He can be reached through :
www.facebook.com/stephen.chukwumah