Musimbi Kanyoro

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Musimbi Kanyoro
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Born 30 November 1953 (1953-11-30) (age 70)
Migori, Kenya
Nationality  Kenya
Known for President/CEO, Global Fund for Women

Musimbi Kanyoro (born 30 November 1953) is a Kenyan human rights advocate. She has been the CEO and President of the Global Fund for Women since August 2011.[1]

Kanyoro serves on the UNFPA/IPPF High-Level task force for Reproductive Health 2015 on the Global Philanthropy Committee of the Council of Foundations,[2] is a member of the Aspen Institute Council for women Leaders for Reproductive health as well as the Advisory Board for “new Voices”, Mary Robinson's Climate Justice. Kanyoro served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Population and Health Research Centre, and was for seven years the Chair of the Board of ISIS Work. She also serves on the boards of CARE,[3] Intra Health,[4] CHANGE and Legacy Memory Bank,[5] and is a member of the World Health Organization. Kanyoro also serves with former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson on several projects, including the Board of Directors of Realizing Rights: the Ethical Globalization Initiative.[6]

Early life

Kanyoro was born in Migori county, Kenya. She attended the Alliance girls school in Kenya and she attributes being in a girls-only space as having a powerful way of building and shaping confidence in her early life. She earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Nairobi and a PhD in linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin. For her second doctorate, Kanyoro studied feminist theology at the San Francisco Theological Seminary. She received three honorary doctorate degrees. She was also a visiting scholar of Hebrew and the Old Testament at Harvard.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton and Musimbi Kanyoro at the Global Fund For Women's Dinner in May 2013 in New York

Born in rural Kenya, Kanyoro moved into suburban Nairobi where she attended high school. Growing up in the 1970s, her focus along with the African Continent was the liberation of South Africa. "She was a student when she joined the movement against apartheid which led her to fight for women and girls".[7][8]

Career

Kanyoro with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

From 1982 to 1997, Kanyoro served in the Lutheran World Federation as its executive secretary for Women in Church and Society. She also worked as a translation consultant for the United Bible Societies and became YWCA's World Secretary General.[8]

Kanyoro was director of the Population and Reproductive Health Program of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation from 2007 to 2011.[1]

Awards

  • 1999 – Human Rights Award[9]
  • 1999 – Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Trinity Lutheran Seminary, (TLS) USA, for significant contribution to Christian Theology
  • 2000 – The Wittenberg Award[10]
  • 2005 – designated a State Commendations of Kenya|Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS).[11]
  • 2005 – Women of Substance Award[12]
  • 2005 – Global Leadership Award, World Vision and International AIDS Trust, USA

Global Leadership Award[13]

  • 2005 – Nominee, 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize,[14]
  • 2006 - Women, Leadership and Human Dignity Award[15]
  • 2008 - Inaugural Lecturer: Nelson Mandela Lecture Series[16]
  • 2011 – Changing the Face of Philanthropy[17]
  • 2012 - National Council for Research on Women 2012[18]

References

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