Olawale Maiyegun

Diplomat and Consultant in Dover, DE

Olawale Maiyegun

Diplomat and Consultant in Dover, DE

Olawale Maiyegun, PhD

Olawale Maiyegun is a Public Policy expert, a former Ambassador and career Diplomat in the Nigerian Foreign Service. He is also former Director, Department of Social Affairs, African Union where he provided leadership and supervised the formulation and implementation of right-based legal and policy instruments to promote and protect the rights and health of women, children, young people, older persons, persons with disabilities, populations at risk and minority groups.

He speaks fluently English and French

He has published works in reputable journals on health, child rights and migration.

Recent Publication: Role of Regional Consultative Processes in the lead up to the Negotiations of Global Compact on Migration: The Case of Africa

in the SPECIAL ISSUE: THE GLOBAL COMPACT FOR SAFE, ORDERLY AND REGULAR MIGRATION AND THE GLOBAL COMPACT ON REFUGEES , Volume 57, Issue 6; December 2019

He is currently a senior consultant with the Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR), Geneva, Switzerland.

Recent CSHR activity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuPAHTeVp0U&list=PLBH9RtJ4Bkxd8SjS7MtNvbc1QffvEyS3l&index=10&t=0s

Publication June 2020:

“An Overview of the Sport-related Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children.”

Links:

https://www.sporthumanrights.org/en/resources/overview-of-the-sport-related-impacts-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-children

https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/An%20Overview%20of%20the%20Sport-Related%20Impacts%20of%20the%20COVID-19%20Pandemic%20on%20Children.pdf

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  • Work
    • Researcher
  • Education
    • PhD in Public Policy, Walden University
    • Certificate Diplomatic Practice, Oxford University
    • MA International Studies, University of Denver
    • BA History, Ahmadu Bello University