Obianuju Ekeocha

Obianuju works and lives in the United Kingdom^[2] and specialises in hematology. In 2016, she was employed at a hospital in the UK. She has been a Catholic since her early days when she was raised in Nigeria.^[5]

Obianuju had her Secondary school education at the Federal Government Girls' College, Owerri, before proceeding to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in microbiology. She then moved to the United Kingdom where she obtained a master's degree in biomedical science from the University of East London.^[2]

Obianuju gained international recognition for her love for African culture, life and values. In 2012, she wrote a viral open letter (in protest) to Melinda Gates in response to the Gates Foundation's pledge to raise $4.6 billion to fund contraception in developing countries, arguing that women in Africa could use improved health care and education as opposed to contraception and abortion forced upon them.^[1] Obianuju has been involved in social and political discussions relating the dignity of life within African culture. In August 2015, she promoted pragmatism at an anti-abortion event of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference in the Ghanaian capital Accra.^[6] Talking to the Providence College community in the spring of 2018, she criticised a perceived neocolonialism in support of sexual and reproductive health and rights.^[7] Being an anti-abortion speaker, she has performed in an advisory role for legislators and policy makers across Africa, Europe and North America.^[8] Obianuju has appeared as a guest speaker at the White House, the US State Department, and the European Parliament amongst other parliaments, e.g. in Africa. Obianuju was also featured on BBC television and Radio,^[3] AveMaria Radio and Sacred Heart Radio discussing African life and culture.^[2]