Faith Mwangi-Powell

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Faith Mwangi-Powell
BornJuly 1964
Kenya
Nationality Kenyan
OccupationChief Executive Officer
Known forCEO of Girls Not Brides

Faith Mwangi-Powell (born July 1964) is a Kenyan CEO who has led organisations concerned with palliative care, FGM and child brides. In 2019 she became the CEO of Girls Not Brides.

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Life

Mwangi-Powell was born in rural Kenya in 1964. She studied for her masters degree and doctorate in the UK. Her Ph.D. is in women's health and development and she has published over 20 peer reviewed papers. [1]

Mwangi-Powell was the founding director of African Palliative Care Association. The APCA was founded in Cape Town in 2002 after 28 African palliative care trainers discussed the need for regional cooperation. The group produced the Cape Town Declaration. [2] She held that position until 2012 when she became the senior program officer for global advocacy with the International Palliative Care Initiative of the Open Society Foundations. [3]

In 2018 she was leading Girl Generation which launched a Zero Tolerance Day campaign on 6 February. She believed that FGM could be ended "in a generation" despite a prevalence of over 90% in Egypt and Somalia. [4]

In 2019 she became the Chief Executive Officer for Girls Not Brides which is a global partnership to end child marriage. [3]

Four of the 2023 BBC 100 women who were concerned about the education of girls in Malawi; Michelle Obama, Melinda French Gates, Amal Clooney and Ulanda Mtamba visited a Malawian secondary school in November 2023. [5] The four went on to a meeting in South Africa chaired by the former First Lady of South Africa and Mozambique Graça Machel. The four, representatives of the Women Lawyers Association of Malawi and Mwangi-Powell as CEO of Girls Not Brides discussed their visit and the problem of child marriage. [6]

References

  1. ↑ The Open Society Foundation. "Staff". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Palliative Care Trainers Declaration of Cape Town November 13, 2002" . Journal of Palliative Medicine. 6 (3): 339–340. July 7, 2004. doi:10.1089/109662103322144637. PMID   14509477 . Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Girls Not Brides appoints new Chief Executive Officer to lead global partnership to end child marriage". Girls Not Brides. Archived from the original on 2025-07-19. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Mwangi-Powell Leads African Anti-FGM Initiative, Believes the Practice Can be Stopped in One Generation - AHA Foundation". 2017-12-12. Archived from the original on 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  5. ↑ Chitete, Suzgo (2023-11-16). "Michelle Obama, others inspire Malawian girls". The Nation Online. Archived from the original on 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  6. ↑ "Michelle Obama, Melinda French Gates, and Amal Clooney Convene Leaders Committed to Eradicating Child Marriage and Empowering Adolescent Girls". www.glamour.co.za. Archived from the original on 2025-04-26. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
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