Profile picture of IK, a woman with albinism. She has an open smile, glasses with a dark frame, and light-red curly hair framing her face.

Ikponwosa “I.K.” Ero

UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism (2015-2021). IK co-founded the Global Albinism Alliance and the Africa Albinism Network where she was ED until 2024.

“You have to do something”

Reflecting on leadership after leaving the advocacy frontlines
15 Oct 2025
A color pencil illustration of two women with albinism, one inside a bus and the other outside, each holding their palm to the bus window.

This is war

Fighting back against the violence faced by people with albinism
05 Mar 2025
Illustration of a girl with albinism in a car as children and adults outside point and laugh.