Winnie Byanyima

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Winnie Byanyima (2015)

Winnie Byanyima (* 13. January 1957 / 1959 in Mbarara ) is a Ugandan aviation technology - engineer , women's rights activist and politician .

Life

Her father, Boniface Byanyima, was a member of parliament and chairman of the Democratic Party. After studying aeronautical engineering in the UK , she worked until the start of the uprising against the autocratic ruling President Milton Obote in aircraft company Uganda Airlines . She accompanied the leader of the uprising, Yoweri Museveni , one of her childhood friends, into the bush . Later, as an opposition MP, she also criticized him for his autocratic tendencies after he had become President of Uganda in 1986.

Her husband Kizza Besigye , chairman of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), was arrested several times as a political opponent and competitor of Museveni.

From 2004 to 2006 she worked for the African Union . There she worked to improve administration and equality in the institution through programs on gender equality and awareness (“ gender ”) and development. In 2006 she entered the international stage as director of the “gender team” of the United Nations Development Program (UNEP). This deals with development , climate change and economic policy from a gender-specific perspective. She was a co-founder of a 60-strong "Global Gender and Climate Alliance of Civil Society " and other bilateral and multilateral organizations. She also chaired a UN-wide working group on gender aspects of the Millennium Development Goals and climate change. She is a member of the International Gender Champions network , which advocates gender equality in international organizations.

In 2013 she was appointed Executive Director (“ Managing Director ”) of the international independent non-governmental , development and disaster relief organization Oxfam . As such, she was co-director of the 45th World Economic Forum in Davos with five other people in 2015 .

On November 1, 2019, Winnie Bayanyima replaced the previous Executive Director at UNAids, Michel Sidibé.

Web links

Commons : Winnie Byanyima  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Winnie Byanyima's mother at newvision.co.ug ( memento of August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) of November 24, 2008 (English), accessed on September 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ https://genderchampions.com/champions/winnie-byanyima accessed on December 26, 2019
  3. ^ Winnie Byanyima joins UNAIDS as Executive Director. unaids.org, November 1, 2019, accessed November 4, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Byanyima, Winnie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ugandan suffragette and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1957 or 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Mbarara