(1/5) Meet @thefunkeadeoye, the winner of the #SDG16 Innovation Challenge Abuja edition. She is a Nigerian lawyer, Social Justice Advocate and International Development Enthusiast. #SIC2019
(2/5) She founded Hope Behind Bars Africa in 2018 to increase access to justice for indigent inmates across Nigerian prison facilities, as well as help correctional facilities achieve their aim of rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates. #SIC2019
(3/5) As a lawyer with over 6 years’ experience, she has handled over 20 pro-bono cases from the lowest courts up to the Court of Appeal, most of which she secured acquittal for the inmates who had been wrongly accused. #SIC2019
(4/5) Funke is passionate about volunteering and ‘Correct Lawyer’ is one of her ways of involving people to be part of the change they seek to see. She believes that in thinking, no box is required. #SIC2019
(5/5) Stay up to date as the next set of social innovators pitch their ideas at the #SDG16 Innovation Challenge Lagos edition hosted in partnership with @AccountLab and @CanHCNigeria slated for the 5th to 7th March, 2019 using the hashtag #SIC2019. #OandoIsNigeria
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