Tawakalit Kareem is a multi-skilled strategic communications consultant who has experience with leading the design, creation, and execution of effective communication projects and strategies specifically in development communications, sharing impact stories and employing communication channels to build organizational profile. She has worked on multiple projects in the Development sector focused on Sexual and GenderBased Violence (SGBV) including the communications of a grantee of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, a global multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women. She produced localized copies for the global organization, ONE, for its ‘Make Naija Stronger’ campaign, and is the current Head of Programs for Invictus Africa on a project at the intersection of SGBV and Covid-19, supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). For Invictus Africa, Tawakalit led the project process for the creation of Orange Pages, a Directory that provides access to 200+ SGBV Responders across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria, at no cost to survivors and also The Survivor’s Guide, a practical guide for survivors of rape and other forms of sexual violence. Tawakalit is Co-Editor of “In Her Words: African Women’s Perspectives on Gender Equality,” an anthology that houses the perspectives of 15 African Women from 7 countries. Reviews of the anthology have been published by Cambridge Africa, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Review of African Political Economy, and other platforms within and outside the continent. She is also Co-Editor of the soon-to-be released second volume of the anthology, this time curated from the perspectives of teenage girls across African countries. As founder of The Butterfly Project, her work has been profiled by the United Nations Children’s Fund ‘Voices of Youth’, The Nigerian Youth Sustainable Development Goals Network, and the Nigerian Tribune. Tawakalit’s written Paper and articles have been published across platforms including the West African Civil Society Institute (WACSI), African Leadership Magazine, and Guardian Nigeria to mention some. Currently, she is a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion member (and the youngest member) of the National Technical Committee on Civil Society Organization self-regulation in Nigeria, a European Union Action for Citizen Driven Transformation (EU-ACT) and United States Agency for International Development Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (USAIDSCALE) co-facilitated programme. Tawakalit is a Fellow of the Young African Leaders Initiative; a member of the Commonwealth Youth Gender Equality Network; an Ambassador, Africa4Her; a Margaret Ekpo Youth Fellow, and a 2020 ONE Champion.