Hello… Safiya here. Welcome.

Why work with me?

I have over two decades of work experience in a number of fields but primarily in sustainable development, peacebuilding and learning.

I have worked in the non-profit sector for more than two decades with expertise in: Girls/Women's Empowerment, Project and Events Management, Gender, Peacebuilding, Facilitation, Learning, Capacity Building and Development; and Mentoring.

Back in my home country Nigeria and internationally, I have worked extensively within civil society to advance causes for girls and women at both the national and state levels. I am a Bachelor of Science graduate of Computer Science from the University of Benin, Nigeria, a Masters in Arts graduate of Sustainable Peace in the Contemporary World and a Doctoral Student of Peace and Conflict Studies both from the UN Mandated University of Peace, Costa Rica. My research interests focus on the use of unconventional ways of bringing women from different sides of rural violent conflict together to promote peacebuilding. I also have research interests in the concepts of masculinity and participatory grassroots governance.

I am certified as a Learning and Development Professional with the Global Skill Development Council and also the convener of Kabilun Africa Think Tank (KATT), an exciting endeavour to promote thought leadership, policy advocacy and sustainable change for the Africa we deserve.

I have training and certification in:

Pastoral Education & Chaplaincy | Training of Trainers | Fundamentals of Project Management Conflict Analysis l Business Writing and Report Writing | Leadership Essentials | Gender, Leadership and Peacebuilding | Identity, Conflict and Public Space | Excel4Us | Managing Intergroup Conflict through Facilitation | Learning To Teach Online| Leadership and Management Skills | Building Your Leadership Skills Online| Giving Sense to Your Leadership Skills | Leading Organisations | “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” | Leadership Coaching | Ignite Your Everyday Creativity | The Art of Advocacy | How to Teach Online | Do No Harm | Creating a Team Culture of Continuous Learning| M&E Certificate Track | Mental Health Awareness | Building Personal Resilience |Child Protection: Children’s Rights in Theory and Practice | Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation | AWS Public Sector Summit | 3 Part Training Series on Systems Mapping | Introduction to the Core Humanitarian Standard | How to be a Sphere Champion | Agile Project Management – An Introduction | Agile Project Management – The Scrum Method | Safeguarding Essentials | Children’s Rights and Technology in the Digital Age | Training and Development for Managers | Leaders of Learning | Learning Design and Facilitation – Level 1| Climate Change: From Learning to Action | Managing Managers | Introduction to Digital Facilitation | Introduction to Child Protection | Child Protection in Conflict Settings | Introduction to Conflict Sensitivity | EU Conflict Sensitivity | Risk Informed and Conflict Sensitive Programming

From:

International Institute of Pastoral Education & Chaplaincy, Kaduna Zone, Nigeria; World Bank/British Council Debate to Action; Nigeria, Generations For Peace Amman, Jordan; PM4DEV; United States Institute for Peace, Washington, USA; British Council Amman, Jordan; Acumen; United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Geneva, Switzerland; Future Learn and Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland; Excel4Us Amman, Jordan; University of Southern Wales, Sydney Australia; High Speed Training United Kingdom; HEC Paris; Leadership for Humanitarians, Copenhagen, Denmark; Human Securities, Greater Seattle, USA; The State University of New York USA; TechChange Washington DC, USA; World Vision; University of Pennsylvania; New Skills Academy; Macquarie University Australia; Harvard University USA; UNICEF; Amazon Web Services; YouthPower2: Learning and Evaluation | USAID; Humanitarian Leadership Academy and CHS Alliance, Sphere; Learning Pool; Humanitarian Leadership Academy, Global Campus of Human Rights (openedeX), HarvardX GSE2x, UN CC: e-Learn, Reed.co.uk, HowSpace, Save the Children International; Euuropean Union; UNICEF

I am the Founder and Programme Director of Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative (EWEI), up until April 2024 Senior Director of Global Programmes and Learning at Generations For Peace (GFP) and the Chair of Global Young Generation For Peace Development Initiative (GYDI).

I am/was also involved in:

I have been privileged to be awarded with the below:

  1. Desmond Tutu Reconciliation Fellowship from Global Reconciliation

  2. Apostle Hayford Alile Humanitarian Award from the prestigious Community and Human Rights Awards 2020 by SITEL CSR in Action.

  3. FemiList100 2021 from The Gender Security Project

  4. Amazon of the Week March 2021 from Amazons of Arewa

  5. Outstanding Citizen Honour Award from The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

  6. The International Alliance for Women World of Difference Award Non-Profit and NGO Category 2022

  7. Jordan Global Changemaker by Startups and Funds 2022

  8. Partners West Africa - Nigeria WCW 7 February 2023

  9. Epitome of Societal Development by National Association of Northern Nigerian Students (NANNS) 2023

  10. Women Virtual Mentor and Facilitator of the Year 2023 in the Global Business Awards 2023 by Corporate Vision October 2023

  11. Humanitarian Leadership Academy Community Ideator May 2023

  12. Women's Mentor of the Year 2024: Safiya Ibn Garba in Global Business Awards October 2024 by Corporate Vision.

  13. MSI Continuous Improvement Professional Award in October 2024 by the Management and Strategy Institute.

If you also want to read and watch my publications/presentations, you can find them here. Some are listed below.

Check out my Visual Resume.