Amb. Chief (Mrs.) Caroline Usikpedo-Oliseowe, FCIA is the Executive Director of Noble Delta Women for Peace and Development International, a non-governmental organisation based in Nigeria with special consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC, accredited to the United Nations Environment Programme and the Green Climate Fund. The organisation’s vision is to empower Niger Delta women and the most vulnerable people in the region, and to promote and realise their rights. She is also the convener of the Civil Society Advance Forum on Sustainable Development (CAS2030), a national platform and alliance of civil society organisations working to advance the achievement of the SDGs and Agenda 2030 in Nigeria. She previously served as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs to International Organisations for the International Human Rights Commission, and currently holds the position of Deputy Secretary General (Africa).

A Chartered Administrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Administration, she holds a degree in Government and Public Administration from Imo State University, Owerri, a Master’s degree in Public Administration from IICSE University, Delaware, USA, and a Certificate in Climate Change and Governance from Wageningen University, Netherlands.

Prior to refocusing her career, she worked as an actress, model and beautician, and spent 20 years gaining extensive experience across the hospitality, ICT and NGO sectors. An accomplished international speaker, she has presented numerous papers on development, peace and conflict, and human rights on behalf of rural women at global conferences and United Nations forums across the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom and beyond. She was a Keynote Speaker at the High-Level Panel of the United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York, USA, in July 2014. As an Ambassador for Peace, she regards community peace and security as critical to sustainable development, and is committed to peacemaking through women’s empowerment — a model she has applied in transforming the lives of women and young people through skills and vocational training, both at home and abroad.

Recognised as a women’s leader within her community, across Nigeria and on the global stage, she has served as President General of the Isoko Development Union (IDU) Women’s Wing, and has held board positions with several international organisations and networks, including CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation (2013–2016, South Africa), Innovation for Change Africa Hub (Kenya), Co-Chair of the Women Major Group of UNEP Forum (Kenya), the Africa Round-Table on Sustainable Consumption and Production (Uganda), and as a Global Facilitation Team Member for the Feminist Task Force (FTF) in New York, USA. Her work has earned her recognition and awards from the local to the international level. In her daily life, Caroline is a wife, mother, activist, leader, princess of a royal family, and a community chief.

Participant in: November 2021 Fellowship: Climate Change, Gender and Conflict