{"id":236,"date":"2015-03-24T05:22:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T05:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asdhostingservices.com\/awdf-2\/?p=236"},"modified":"2017-08-03T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T16:35:19","slug":"mary-wandia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/mary-wandia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Wandia"},"content":{"rendered":"<span lang=\"en\">\u00a0Wandia is a feminist Pan-Africanist with over 16 years of experience working with regional, international and civil society organizations on women\u2019s and girls\u2019 rights, grant making and management, regional integration and governance. She currently manages the Global End FGM at Equality Now. Prior, she was the Regional Program Officer for the Open Society Foundation\u2019s Africa Regional Office. She also worked as the Pan African Gender Justice Lead for Oxfam Great Britain\u2019s Pan Africa Program; Regional Women&#8217;s Rights Coordinator-Africa for ActionAid International; and an Advocacy Officer for the African Women\u2019s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET). Mary holds a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University and a Masters of Arts in International Studies from the University of Nairobi, Kenya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Mary is dedicated to ensuring that women and girls enjoy their human rights. She believes good laws not only condemn perpetrators of gender discrimination and violence, but also provide protection against human rights violations. Her favorite quote is by Archbishop Desmond Tutu: \u201cIf you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Mary\u2019s shero is award-winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adhichie, who said, \u201cCulture does not make people. 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