Sarah Mukasa

Sarah Mukasa works at the Open Society Foundations for East Africa in Uganda. Until Early 2015, Sarah was the Director of Programmes at The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF). Prior to this she worked at Akina Mama wa Afrika as the Programmes Manager for Eastern Africa. Sarah is a feminist activist with extensive experience of advocacy at international, regional, and national levels. She has participated in a number of key UN meetings, where she has coordinated advocacy strategies for the various women’s interest groups, including the African Women’s Caucus, and the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights, a campaign for the ratification and implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Sarah has worked in the UK with local and health authorities as a community development officer, developing services for minority ethnic communities in London and in particular refugees and asylum seekers. Sarah is also a trainer and facilitator specialising in the organisational development of NGOs, feminist theory and practice, and influencing policy. She has a special interest in the areas of race as it interfaces with gender, sexual rights and issues relating to the integrity of women’s bodies, as well as the institutional development of women’s rights organisations. She is a member of the Working Group of the African Feminist Forum.