I am blessed to work as an independent expert in my field so I live and work in both Uganda and South Africa; wherever is convenient to do my work at any given time. I specialize in strategic and organizational development for women’s rights organisations on the African continent. My aim is to ensure women’s […]
Year: 2016
Amina Salihu
I live in Abuja, Nigeria where I am a Consultant, Policy Adviser and Farmer. As Coordinator of C4C, the DFID Coalitions for Change Programme (2007 – April 2011), I facilitated the emergence of the Gender and Affirmative Action coalition, designed a change champions youth internship project enabling young women and men gain experience through working […]
Charmaine Pereira
I currently live in Abuja, Nigeria where I am an independent researcher working on issues of sexuality and women’s empowerment, feminist thought and practice, and women’s relations to the state. As Co-ordinator of the Initiative for Women’s Studies in Nigeria (IWSN), I’ve raised funds for and overseen action research on the politics of sexual harassment […]
Esther Passaris
I am an entrepreneur businesswoman in Nairobi, Kenya. I am the founder and chief executive officer of Adopt A Light Ltd, a private company engaged in the provision of outdoor advertising services in Kenya and which pioneered public private partnership arrangement in the development of lighting infrastructure in the City of Nairobi. I am also […]
Blessing Oparaocha
I live in Lagos, Nigeria where I work with Alliances for Africa as a Program Assistant and the Nigerian Feminist Forum (NFF) Secretariat. As a program assistant and the NFF Secretariat my duties are to support planning and implementation of programmes for the organization and the NFF. I also support outreach, training, and networking to […]
Olabisi Olonisakin
I live in Essex, United Kingdom and work as an independent social policy researcher and evaluation specialist. As an evaluation specialist, I undertake reviews, evaluations and impact assessment of publicly funded projects/programmes. As a social policy researcher, I undertake needs assessments that inform or aid service commissioners to commission and provide services that reflect the […]
Achola Odido
I live in Kampala Uganda and I work for Radio One FM90. I am a reporter, assistant producer for Spectrum Political Talk show. I also currently being trained to host the show, which would make me the first female political talk show host in the country. I am also an artist (painter) and photographer, poet […]
Uju Obiora
I recently relocated to Warri in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria to take up a new employment as Senior Program Officer (Gender) in Participatory Partnerships for Community Development (PPCD) a Chevron funded project. Prior to joining PPCD, I worked as Program Manager, of the Women’s Rights Program of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Nigeria office […]
Anne Nkutu
I am a Consultant and Manager of the Nordic Consulting Group (U) Ltd. My work largely revolves around programme development, monitoring and evaluation and organisational development. I have a particular interest in Women’s Rights and Governance issues and mainly the role of NGOs in empowering communities to demand and claim their rights. Apart from the […]
Vivian Ngonzi
I live in Kampala, Uganda and I work with Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) a pan-African movement building organisation that supports and initiates coalitions, networks, develops African knowledge for the lobbying and advocating for African women’s rights including conducting an African women’s leadership institute that builds the capacity of women from various backgrounds and capacities […]