Jessica Horn currently works as the Director of Programmes for African Women’s Development Fund and acts as the AWDF liaison with the AFF Working Group. She is a writer, women’s rights activist and founder of Akiiki Consulting (www.akiiki-consulting.org). As a consultant and activist She has worked for over 15 years with NGOs, progressive donors, the […]
Ayesha Imam, Ph.D. has worked extensively on research, advocacy and education to protect and extend women’s human rights under customary, secular and religious laws, on human rights generally and on democracy and sustainable development. She was the organiser in 1982 of Women in Nigeria (WIN), the first feminist organisation in Nigeria, and is a core […]
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi is a Nigerian/British feminist and entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and former Executive Director of the AWDF. She was previously the Director of Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA), an international development organisation for African women based in the UK, with an Africa regional office in Kampala, Uganda. She has an M.A in History […]
Codou Bop is a journalist based in Dakar, Senegal and is the Coordinator of the Groupe de Recherche sur les Femmes et les Lois au Senegal (GREFELS) and the Africa-Middle East regional coordination office for Women Living Under Muslim Laws. Ms. Bop’s publications include: “Islam and Women’s Sexual Health and Rights in Senegal” in Islam […]
Everjoice Win is a feminist from Zimbabwe, and was educated at the University of Zimbabwe, and graduated with Honours in Economic History. Most of her working life has been in the women’s movement in Zimbabwe and the African continent. Notably; with the Women’s Action Group, as Editor of their popular education publication, SPEAK OUT/TAURAI/KHULUMANI; Programme […]
Mary Wandia is an African feminist whose feminist journeys started at the African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET) in 1999 where she worked as a Programme Officer leading on advocacy around gender mainstreaming in the transition from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union (AU), as well as trade and financing for […]
Usu Mallya is a Tanzanian feminist activist and coach. An experienced and capable facilitator, Usu has a particular strength in linking macro to micro level issues and analysis, from a transformative feminist perspective, and in perceiving the implications of these issues for policy, advocacy, and movement building grounded in grassroots activism. Usu has played a […]
Sarah is the Deputy Director of Open Society Institute East Africa. She previously worked as the Director of Programmes at The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) and as Progammes Manager for East Africa at Akina Mama wa Afrika. Sarah has a BA in Business and Management from the University of East London and an MSc […]
Shamillah is a Consultant. She served as the Young Women and Leadership Programme Manager for the Association of Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) from 2001-2006. Shamillah is a founding Board Member of the Youth Against AIDS Network, a regional network of youth leaders in Africa and acts as a member of the Advisory Council for […]
Sylvia is an Associate Professor and Dean of Law at Makerere University in Uganda. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University, a Master of Laws from Harvard University and a PhD from the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include Third world women and the law; Feminist legal theory and method; Gender and […]