Comfort Usman Kariko is a Nigerian legal practitioner, peacebuilding expert, and social impact leader advancing justice reform and inclusive governance across Africa. She holds a Law degree from the University of Jos and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2020. With extensive experience in the development sector, she brings expertise in policy advocacy, programme design and management, gender equality, and conflict prevention.

Comfort has worked with leading institutions including the Kukah Centre and Partners West Africa Nigeria, where she led high-impact programmes on social cohesion, access to justice, and community resilience. Her work has strengthened state and local peace architectures, supported the expansion of women-led mediation networks, and advanced the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agendas. She has also played a key role in policy processes, contributing to the development and adoption of youth-focused peace frameworks and facilitating multi-stakeholder engagement across government and community levels.

She currently serves as the Executive Director of Amplify Youth Initiative, a youth-led organisation she founded to drive youth inclusion, justice reform, and inclusive governance. Under her leadership, the organisation implements the youth peace and security agenda, community-driven programmes on gender-based violence prevention, civic engagement, and access to justice, while leveraging civic technology to expand legal access for underserved populations.

Comfort has led and contributed to multiple research and consultancy engagements on gender equality, social inclusion, and conflict prevention, translating evidence into policy and practice.

Participant in:

November 2021 Fellowship: Climate Change, Gender and Conflict

March 2023 Fellowship: Climate Change, Gender, and Conflict