Stephen Chibuikem Chukwumah (born 17 September 1988) is a Nigerian-born advocate and strategist with extensive background in youth leadership and advocacy, policy, movement building, and fund raising.
Stephen Chukwumah had a five-year career as a lead division coordinator at the International Monetary Fund[2] in Washington, D.C., and is currently a policy advocate at the Council for Global Equality.
[6] He has a diploma from the RFSU International Training program on Sexual Health and Human Rights in Stockholm Sweden and Cape Town South Africa sponsored by the Swedish government.
[7] In December of the same year, Stephen Chukwumah wrote an open letter[8] to the Senate President of Nigeria, condemning the governments move to criminalise sexual minorities.
[11] During his time in England, he was invited to a breakfast with the Mayor of York to discuss his work and general human rights issues in Nigeria and the African region.
[13] He was one of the speakers at the Langwith College International Action Week[14] and gave a very well received public talk on sexual rights to professors and students of the faculty of law University of York England.
[19] Stephen started acting as a hobby at a young age at home and in church and would then proceed to becoming very popular in secondary school for participating in drama presentations.