{"id":15745,"date":"2017-03-15T10:15:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T09:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15745"},"modified":"2017-04-25T15:48:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:48:35","slug":"mark-odu-dr-princess-edith-ike","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/mark-odu-dr-princess-edith-ike\/","title":{"rendered":"MARK-ODU, Dr. Princess Edith-Ike"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, Ph.D., woman activist, information scientist, public relations consultant, librar ian; born August 24, 1947, Jos; married Nze Mark-Odu; two sons. Education: Baptist School, Kaduna, 1951-52; St. Michael School, Kaduna, 1952-54; Senior Primary School, Ayangba, Kogi State, 1954-59; St. Catherines Girls Secondary School, Nkwerre, Imo State, 1959-61; Federal Sci ence School, Lagos, 1964-65; University of- Ibadan, 1965-67; University of Cologne, West Germany, 1967-68; Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 1968-71; Univer sity of London, England, 1971-72; Univer sity of Edinburgh, Medical Research Coun cil Unit, Edinburgh; University of Glendale, USA, 1988-92. Career: Appointed Librar ian\/Research Assistant, British Medical Re search Council, University of Edinburgh, UK, 1972-74; Librarian, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, 1974-76; Executive Secretary, MultivarSystemNigeria Limited, 1976-78; Company Secretary\/Public Rela tions Manager, Nigerian Construction and Foundation Company, 1978-79; Company Secretary\/Administration Manager, Van guard Industries Limited 1979-80; General Manager, Vanguard Industries, 1981-82; Management, Public Relations Consultants, 1982-84; Head, Administration, SteyrNige ria Limited, Lagos Office, 1985-86; Head, Public Affairs, Guinness Nigeria Pic, 1986- 92; Managing Director, Princess Communi cations Limited, since 1992; Consultant, United Nations Development Fund for Women; Consultant, USAID; Consultant, John Hopkins University Population Com munication Centre, since 1992; Executive President, Champions of Women Develop ment Foundation;National Secretary, Forum for Nigerian Women in Politics; Vice-President, Women Empowerment Movement; President. Umuada Forum; Executive Sec retary, United Families of Africa; Publicity Secretary, Association ofAfrican Women for Research and Development; Contributor, Af rican Council on Communication Education; member, Instituteof Public Relations of Ni geria; Fellow, Commonwealth Journalists Association; member. Business and Profes sional Women Association; member, Nige rian Union of Journalists; member, Nigerian Institute of Journalism, member, National Council of Women Societies; member, Umuada Forum.. Awards \/ Honours: Fed eral Government Scholarship, Federal Sci ence School, Lagos, 1964-65; University of Ibadan, 1965-67; University of Cologne, West Germany, 1967-68; Federal Govern ment Scholarship, Leeds Polytechnic, En gland, 1968-71. Traditional Title: Ochendo Okata. Publications: Biography of a Pio neer, 1993; Women on the Move &#8211; ACourse To Remember, 1994; Widow Behind Bars, 1995;Democracy AndThe Nigerian Woman. Hobbies: gardening, singing, dancing. Of ficial Address: 2B, Lander Close, Off Liverpool Road, GRA, Apapa, Lagos State. Telephone: 5873492.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[505,1532,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15745","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-activism","category-librarian","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15745"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}