Wumi Asubiaro Dada

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Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Email: 
wumidada@uoguelph.ca
Office: 
MCKN 518
Education (doctoral degree): 
Lagos State University, Nigeria (LL.B); University of Pretoria, South Africa (LLM), University of Toronto, Canada (Ph.D)

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Conflict, International Law, African Feminisms, Gender Construction and Identities, Gender Justice

Wumi is an African Legal Feminist with degrees spanning law (LL.B- Lagos State University), human rights (LLM – University of Pretoria), criminology and sociolegal (Ph.D – University of Toronto). Her academic research lies at the intersection of gender, conflict, law (domestic and international), and justice, with an emphasis on African feminist and decolonial approaches to justice and inclusion. Beyond academia, Wumi’s professional background is in public policy and social justice, law reform, women’s political participation, and gender-based violence. She is deeply committed to equity and decoloniality and brings her scholarly and practitioner expertise to the Department of Political Science.

  • Asubiaro Dada, O. and Clarke, K (forthcoming) The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Mallinder et al(ed) Edward Elgar Encyclopedia on Law and Peace (Invited contribution)
     
  • Dada, Omowumi A. (2022). KM Clarke Affective justice: The International Criminal Court and the pan-Africanist pushback Duke University Press (2019). African Human Rights Law Journal, 22(2), 552-556. https://doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2022/v22n2a11
     
  • Akiyode-Afolabi A.; Asubiaro Dada O.; and Ilesanmi O, Olofintuade A (2024). Shifting Sands: The Changing Landscape of Women’s Advocacy and Organizing in Aina (2024) Shifting Sands: Nigeria’s Evolving Gender Landscape. Obafemi Awolowo University Press. Nigeria.
     
  • Aina, Olabisi I; Akiyode-Afolabi, A.; and Asubiaro Dada O. (2024). Policy Prism: Legal Frameworks and Gender Justice in Nigeria in Aina (2024) Shifting Sands: Nigeria’s Evolving Gender Landscape. Obafemi Awolowo University Press. Nigeria.
     
  • Osori A, Asubiaro Dada O. (2011). Perspectives from North - Central Geo-Political Zone. In Salihu A. Nigerian Women Trust Fund Politics Strategy and Sustainability 2011. pgs 64-70. Nigerian Women's Trust Fund, Abuja, Nigeria
     
  • Asubiaro Dada, Omowumi (2020). #TheorizingWhileBlack: Whitesplaining and its Enduring Tragedies for Contemporary Black Thought. Published on https://medium.com/@WumiShubby/theorizingwhileblack-5c8dc1dfbe57?sk=2c768466c31f8a2fd5eb45786efe01ef
     
  • Asubiaro Dada, Omowumi. (2012). Nigerian Female Politicians and Campaign Finance. IFES Nigeria Political Finance Newsletter. 3(4).


Reports (selected)

  • Asubiaro Dada, O et al (2023). Who are those preventing GBV in Nigeria. Ford Foundation West Africa.
     
  • Asubiaro Dada O. (2019). Inclusive Growth: Impact of Women’s Participation on Nigeria’s Macroeconomic Performance (A Literature Review). Policy Development Facility, Abuja, Nigeria. https://www.pdfnigeria.org/rc/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/54_PDFII_Report_Inclusive_Growth_Women_Participation.pdf
     
  • Eghobamien-Mshelia E, Asubiaro Dada O. (2018). An Assessment of the level of implementation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, 2015 in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. European Union Rule of Law & Anticorruption Project.
     
  • Asubiaro Dada O, Odiase S. (2018). Report of the Gender Analysis for the Programme Appraisal of the GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation) Support Programme to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission. German Agency for International Cooperation.
     
  • Asubiaro Dada O, Gaynor C. (2017). Voices for Change Legacy Paper: Thinking and Working Politically for Legal Reform on Gender Equality. Voices for Change.
     
  • Asubiaro Dada O et al. (2016). Who are Those Making Decisions: National Survey on Elected and Appointed Officials in Nigeria (1999-2015)? Federal Government of Nigeria, National Centre for Women Development, Abuja, Nigeria.