Winnie Byanyima

Executive Director

United States

Summary

Winnie Byanyima is executive director at Oxfam International. A grass-roots activist, human rights advocate and world-recognized expert on women’s rights, she began her career as an engineer in her native Uganda. Appointed to the diplomatic service in 1989, she represented Uganda in France and at UNESCO. She was a member of parliament for 10 years in Uganda, and thereafter served at the African Union Commission. She was the UNDP’s director of gender and development between 2006 and 2013.

Experience

  • human rights
  • gender
  • hiv/aids
  • elections
  • engineering
  • uganda
  • france
  • Sectors
  • Funders
  • Countries

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