A Nigerian-American who earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in the United States, Onyinye returned to her native Nigeria to examine the urgent issue of girls health, education, early marriage and, most of all, girls empowerment.

Onyinye Edeh speaks at democracy symposium in Nigeria
The event addressed electoral violence.
Thriving cults are harming young people in Nigeria
Four years after the Chibok kidnapping, little has been done to to protect Nigerians from a militant group that is upending life for millions.
Violence and displacement under Boko Haram
Four years after the Chibok kidnapping, little has been done to to protect Nigerians from a militant group that is upending life for millions.
