Onyemma Obiekea is the Policy Director for Black Women for Wellness (BWW) and its sister organization, Black Women for Wellness Action Project (BWWAP).

She began her work in Reproductive Justice (RJ) as Program Coordinator for BWW’s Get Smart B4U Get Sexy Program – the comprehensive sex and sexuality education program of the Organization’s RJ focused Project, Sisters in Control.

Since then, she has continued her work in RJ in varying capacities, including at a Human Rights Non-governmental organization in New Delhi, India as Program for Human Rights and the Global Economy Fellow through Northeastern University School of Law. There, she supported the Reproductive Rights Initiative with fact finding, research, and drafting petitions to the Indian High Courts on issues of maternal and infant mortality, abortion access, and gender based violence.

She also helped spearhead the re-establishment of If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice at Northeastern and later served as the Chapter’s Co-Chair. Currently, she works on behalf of BWW/AP, to advance intersectional, transformative legislation that seeks to secure the health and wellbeing of Black women and girls throughout California.

Onyemma holds a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law and Master of Public Health from Tufts University School of Medicine. She is committed to contributing to the global realization of RJ, by leveraging her training and experience in the field.

In her free time, you can catch Onyemma trying not to fail as a plant mama, taking a dance class of the African Diaspora, researching and crafting recipes and where the weather permits, going on morning hikes.