Betty Murungi Urgent Action Fund- Africa Nairobi, Kenya Founder of Rapid Response Fund

In 2001, Betty co founded and is now Director of Urgent Action Fund- Africa, which supports innovative and rapid initiatives on women’s leadership in peace building and access to justice in Africa. Betty is a lawyer and feminist who is passionate about promoting equality and citizenship of African women. She established the fund to provide immediate support for women human rights defenders at risk. She is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and has been affiliated with the International Coalition for the International Criminal Court, the Truth & Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone, the Kenya Human Rights Commission and the East African Center for Constitutional Development, in Uganda. “My activism is motivated by the resilience and strength of African women who have endured struggles including armed conflicts, exile, disease and impoverishment. Yet through all of this, their spirit remains resilient and renews itself at every turn. They know that women’s rights are human rights.”