Working Group Members
The current working group includes women of diverse identities, nationalities, locations, professions, expertise, generations, etc.
Nigeria
Nigeria Iheoma Obibi is an African feminist, writer and human rights activist with extensive experience providing training to rural and urban poor communities in Africa and to marginalised communities in London. She is presently the Executive Director of Alliances for Africa (www.alliancesforafrica.org) an international non-governmental organisation that is engaged in human rights training, legislative advocacy, […]
Uganda
Sylvia Tamale 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 […]
South Africa
Shamillah Wilson is a Consultant. Shamillah 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 […]
Uganda
Sarah Mukasa works as the Director of Programmes at The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF). Prior to this she worked at Akina Mama wa Afrika as the Programmes Manager for Eastern Africa. Sarah has a BA in Business and Management from the University of East London and an MSc in NGO Management from the London […]
Kenya
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 […]
Uganda/UK
Jessica Horn is a writer, women’s rights activist and founder of Akiiki Consulting www.akiiki-consulting.org. As a consultant and activist she has worked with NGOs, progressive donors, the UN and community-based initiatives around advancing sexual rights, ending violence against women, supporting women living with HIV and ensuring women’s rights in post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding. Prior to […]
Zimbabwe/South Africa
Everjoice 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 Officer […]
Senegal
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 […]
Ghana/Nigeria
Bisi is a co-founder of the AWDF. She is Nigerian/British and 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 from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife Nigeria, and an […]
Nigeria/Senegal
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 […]
