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Damilola Babatunde is a Peacebuilder and Gender Equality Advocate. He is the Executive Director of Young Changemakers Foundation— a youth-led and impact-oriented organization that is focused on positively transforming people and communities through peacebuilding and empowerment initiatives/projects.
He is passionate and engaged with peacebuilding, gender equality and international development. He has worked with several organizations to design and implement diverse social impact projects in underserved and marginalized communities. He has also worked on advocacy projects to counter violence, promote impact-driven policies, amplify the voices of people from marginalized communities, and foster diversity, equality and inclusion.
Damilola is a United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Generation Change Fellow, United Nations Academic Impact Millennium Fellow, Women Deliver Young Leader, ONE Champion and Global Activist, and a member of the Global Health Workforce Network of World Health Organization, among other notable international fellowships.
He is a Youth Advocate at Our Generation for Inclusive Peace (OGIP) and an Ambassador for The Institute for Economics and Peace.
He has served on diverse regional and international committees and was invited to participate in consultation meetings organized by top global organizations— including UN Women and World Health Organization.