Irene Ododo Odaro

Gimbiya **Irene Ododo Odaro** (wanda aka haifa a Lawal-Osula) (15 ga Maris, 1951 - 30 ga Maris, 2021) lauya ce 'yar Najeriya, mai taimakon jama'a kuma memba a gidan sarautar Benin. Ta sami karbuwa a matsayin tsohuwar Lauya Janar ta Jihar Edo. Ita ce mutum ta farko da ta riƙe muƙamai biyu a lokaci guda a matsayin Sakatare na Dindindin, Hukumar Bitar Shari'a, Jihar Edo, Najeriya da Sakatare na Dindindin, Ma'aikatar Shari'a, Jihar Edo, Najeriya. Bayan aikinta, ta kasance mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin mata da yara, da kuma mai tallafawa fasaha da al'adu.  

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haife ta a birnin Benin a ranar 15 ga Maris, 1951 cikin iyalan masarautar Benin. Irene Ododo Lawal-Osula ita ce ɗan fari ga Mai Martaba Sarkin Benin, Usman Mofeyintioluwa Lawal-Osula, Arala ta Masarautar Benin, da kuma Cif Dr. Lydia Modupe Lawal-Osula (wanda aka haifa a Imona-Russell), ɗan gidan Sarautar Ozalla. Mahaifiyarta ita ce ɗan fari ga Reverend Isaiah Imona-Russell, Yarima Mai Jiran Gado na Ozalla, wanda ya yi murabus daga karagar mulki don yin hidima a matsayin limaman cocin Anglican. Mai Martaba, Oba Akenzua II, ya ba ta suna "Ododo," wanda ke nufin "jajaye," wanda ke nuna matsayinta na sarauta a al'adun Benin.  

Tafiyar karatun Odaro ta fara ne a Makarantar Firamare ta Anglican ta St. James da kuma Makarantar Firamare ta 'Yan Mata ta Anglican da ke Benin City. Ta ci gaba da karatunta a Makarantar Fiwasiaye ta 'Yan Mata ta Grammar da ke Akure, Jihar Ondo, daga baya kuma ta yi a Makarantar Grammar 'Yan Mata ta Anglican da ke Benin City. Ta ci gaba da karatunta na gaba, inda ta yi karatun Lauya a Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya da kuma Jami'ar Legas inda ta sami digirin farko na Shari'a, inda ta kammala karatunta da girmamawa a shekarar 1977. Ta ci gaba da karatunta a Makarantar Lauyoyi ta Najeriya da ke Victoria Island, Jihar Legas kuma an kira ta zuwa Lauya a matsayin Lauya kuma Lauya ta Kotun Koli ta Najeriya a watan Yunin 1978. 

## Sana'a da nasarorin da aka samu
Aikin lauya na Odaro na tsawon shekaru talatin ta kasance mai himma ga ayyukan gwamnati. Ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a harkokin shari'a a Bendel da Jihar Edo, tana ba da gudummawa ga gyare-gyaren shari'a da kuma tabbatar da bin doka. Ta fara aikinta a shekarar 1979 a matsayin Lauya ta Jiha, Jihar Bendel. Ta shahara kuma an ba ta manyan mukamai, ciki har da Daraktan Lauyoyin Jama'a, Daraktan Shari'a, Daraktan Zane-zanen Shari'a kuma ta kasance Shugaba-Janar kuma Amintaccen Jami'in Jama'a na Jihar Edo mafi dadewa - mukamin da ta riƙe na tsawon shekaru 8 daga 1991-1998. An kuma naɗa ta a matsayin Sakatare na Dindindin, Hukumar Bitar Shari'a, Jihar Edo. A ƙarshe, ta yi ritaya a matsayin Lauya Janar na Jihar Edo da Sakatare na Dindindin na Ma'aikatar Shari'a. 

Bayan ta yi ritaya, ita ce mace ta farko da Gwamnan Jihar Edo, Godwin Obaseki, ya naɗa a matsayin Kwamishina a Hukumar Zaɓe Mai Zaman Kanta ta Jihar Edo (EDSIEC) - mukamin da ta riƙe har zuwa rasuwarta. 

## Tallafawa da kuma taimakon jama'a
Bayan aikinta, Odaro ta himmatu sosai wajen ayyukan jin kai. Ta kasance mamba mai himma a Ƙungiyar Lauyoyin Mata ta Duniya (FIDA), inda ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugabar (Shugaban) reshen birnin Benin tsawon sama da shekaru goma (1998-2012). [1] A wannan matsayin, ta jagoranci yaƙin neman zaɓe a kan fataucin mutane, kaciyar mata, da kuma cin zarafin zawarawa, tana ƙoƙarin kare haƙƙin mata da yara. [2] [3]

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