Carolyn
Seaman
Based in Abuja, Nigeria
Founder & Creative Director — Girls Voices Initiative
Director — Marksmen Productions
Personal
| Name | Carolyn |
| Surname | Seaman |
| Marital status | Married |
| Base | Abuja |
| Nationality | Nigeria |
| Languages | English, Yoruba, Hausa, and working French |
Contact
| Address | 7, Alex Ekwueme Way Kado District, Abuja. |
| Mobile | +234902 900 0609 |
| [email protected] | |
| Website | carolynseaman.com |
GIRLS - you deserve seats at the table, so you can change the status quo; otherwise, create your own table.
CarolynEvery day, GIRLS prove that they CAN when they are given the right tools and the platform to champion their advocacy. Let's make Girls' Voices Count!
CarolynWe can't fix women from the top; we must first start with our girls. Invest in adolescent girls today! And the returns transcend generations!
CarolynSelected work
What
I can do
best
I am a harbinger of ideas. Creativity and innovation are at the heart of my work. And I am obsessed with excellence.
Career &
experience
My passionate and adventurous person has been through an interesting career experience, building a variety of skills and expertise along the way.
Founder & Creative Director
at Girls Voices Initiative
2013 — Date
Leading the corporate team at Girls Voices Initiative, Carolyn works with and for girls to build a vibrant girls' rights movement in Nigeria. This is a movement by girls, with girls, and for girls.
Chief Operations Officer
at Marksmen Consult Limited
2011 — 2015
As a Director and Chief Operations Officer, Carolyn has created and supervised the production of stories around a variety of themes, including the subject of gender and development.
Awards
FemiList 100
2021Carolyn was named on the FemiList100 - a list of 100 women from the Global South working in the fields of peace and security, development, law, advocacy, activism, and foreign policy. Her selection was a powerful endorsement of her hard work, dedication and commitment to making futures sustainable for the communities she supports.
107 Gender Justice Advocates in Nigeria
2021Carolyn was named on the 107 Gender Justice Advocates in Nigeria who #ChooseToChallenge women's subordinate status by making meaningful changes in the lives of women and girls and sometimes shattering glass ceilings in the process!.
Interests
Music
Carolyn is an avid music enthusiast. She loves a very wide range of music genres. Don't be surprised when you hear her break out singing. It's what she loves.
Movies
Carolyn watches lots of movies because she learns a lot from them, including other digital media content like documentaries, talk shows, stand up and lots more.
Travel
Carolyn is fascinated by other cultures and loves any opportunity to travel and experience new environments and meet new people.
About Carolyn
Carolyn is a lawyer with almost 20 years’ experience advancing women and girls' rights. She is a social entrepreneur, a tech evangelist, a filmmaker, a girl expert, and the founder of Girls Voices Initiative, a non-profit that educates and empowers girls and women to identify their voices and use it to advocate for their rights; and uses technology and digital media to amplify their voices to wide audiences, particularly policy makers and other influencers. Her non-profit educates adolescent girls and women about their rights and provides digital literacy and empowerment skills to girls and women and facilitates their creation of technology applications and resources to strengthen their advocacy. Carolyn is a TechWomen Fellow, Women Leader of the World Fellow, a World Pulse Ambassador and an Advanced Digital Changemaker innovating creative programmes that empower girls and women in Nigeria.
Carolyn was recently named on the 2021 FemiList 100 and on the top 21 Women Leaders to Watch in 2021. She has been named in Nigeria’s 20 Most Innovative Women in Tech, the 50 Most Outstanding Female Pacesetters in Africa, and Nigeria’s 100 Women in Tech. As an award-winning filmmaker, her films and documentaries have screened in over 23 film festivals, including the Toronto International Women’s Film Festivals and the Los Angeles International Women’s Film Festival. Under her leadership, her organisation won the 2019 With and For Girls Award for the Most Disruptive Girl-Led Nonprofit in Sub-Saharan Africa and the 2020 BPeace Women Forward Global Award for the Next Generation Workplace 2020 Gold Winner. Representing her organization in a regional capacity, Carolyn is a member of the Civil Society Organisations Reference Group to the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage, she is a member of the Africa Action Group to End Child Marriage convened by Girls Not Brides, and at the national level, she is the Co-Chair of the Coalition of Civil Society to End Child Marriage in Nigeria. Her work has impacted over 800,000 adolescent girls and continues to build a vibrant girls’ rights movement. She is a firm believer of the quote that, ‘Girls are truly a force for change on the planet’ and she believes that ‘technology and digital media help the voices of girls and women reach multitudes for change, when their strength to shout is frail’.