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Hellen Grace Akwii-Wangusa

Board ChairActionAid International

Biography

Current Chair of Actionaid, a Board Trustee of OxfamGB and Advisory member of Christian Aid and Karibu Foundation.
Previous positions:
Advisory Member of the Commonwealth Foundation and representative of the Works Council of Churches at the UN.
A Vice President of the All Africa Conference of Churches under Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
A UN-Diplomat representing the Archbishop of Canterbury at the United Nations.
UNDP staff as the Africa Coordinator for the MDGs.
Project manager for the EU funded pilot to stem the recruitment of youth into terrorism and violent extremism in 6 African countries.
The Regional Coordinator of the African Women's Economic Policy Network (AWEPON). A lecturer at Makerere University.
National Co-ordinator for Mothers Union and Women’s Development Programs.
A Fulbright Scholar with a Masters degree in Modern Letters and 2 Honorary PhDs in International relations and International Law.