ROSEBELL KAGUMIRE (Uganda)

Rosebell is a writer, campaigner, award-winning blogger, pan-African feminist and multimedia communications strategist. She is the current curator & editor of AfricanFeminism.com. She has expertise in human rights, gender, peace and conflict issues.  Her writing appears in international media like The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Quartz etc.

She has worked as the Africa communications officer for Women’s Link Worldwide, covering Eastern African and African human rights mechanisms, laid strategies for communicating issues ranging from sexual violence, human trafficking, sexual and reproductive rights and discrimination. The World Economic Forum recognized her among Young Global Leaders under 40 in 2013.

She studied Mass Communication at Makerere University, Non-violent conflict at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and holds a Masters in Media, Peace and Conflict studies from the United Nations mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica.