Achieng Akena
Achieng Maureen Akena is a Kenyan lawyer, human rights, refugee and democratic governance advocate.[1][2][3][4][5] Achieng has 25 years of working experience in human rights and democratisation, of which 16 years have been spent working on continental-wide programmes including international justice, human rights and democratisation, policy advocacy, gender justice, peace and security, migration, displacement, and civil society capacitation and mobilisation.[6]
Work history[edit]
Achieng is currently the Executive Director of International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI).[1][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Before joining International Refugee Rights Initiative, Achieng served as the Executive Director of the Centre for Citizens Participation in the African Union (CCPAU)/The Pan African Citizens Network (PACIN),[15][16][17][14] Human Rights Officer for the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA), in 2008,[7][8][18] and a Human Rights Observer with the African-led Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA) in 2013.[1] She also worked as a Programme Officer for Research Engagement and Learning at UHAI - The East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative; a Policy Analyst for OSIEA's African Union Advocacy Programme; a Project Coordinator for IRRI's International Justice in Africa Programme;[1] and an Activism and Information Programmes Officer for DITSHWANELO - The Botswana Centre for Human Rights.
She is a board member of The Amazon Leadership Initiative (TheALI),[19] The Pan-African Institute of Municipal Development (PIMD),[20] and the Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC).[21]She also provides mentorship to students at the African Leadership Centre. She has spoken out on issues she is passionate about through media and published articles, for example a recent podcast[22] and book chapter[23] on Pan-Africanism and African Migration, on legal advocacy and social mobilisation by sexual and gender minorities in Africa,[24]
Achieng has also been a guest editor on an Oxford Journal on the global refugee regime in Africa in the Oxford Refugee Survey Quarterly.[25]
Education[edit]
Achieng currently holds a Masters in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University in the UK.[1][7][26]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Achieng Akena". International Refugee Rights Initiative. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "Achieng Akena | CCPAU". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "African Citizens' Letter on Sudan Situation | The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU)". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "UNHCR Urges Investigations After 10 Refugees Killed in Uganda Water Conflict". Voice of America. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ UCL (2021-10-08). "Asylum after COVID-19: the UK 'New Plan for Immigration' in global context". Centre for Access to Justice. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ Akena, Achieng. "Achieng Akena Profile". LinkedIn Profile. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Achieng Akena - Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law". www.kpsrl.org. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "achieng-akena, Author at Kujenga Amani". Kujenga Amani. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "Achieng Maureen Akena". OpenGlobalRights. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ Studies, Centre for Pan-African (2023-05-30). "60 Years of African Unity and Divergence: Reflecting on the Legacy of Pan-Africanism". Cpas. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "Search | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "Kenya Human Rights Commission - First-of-its-Kind Civil Society Monitor Finds Disturbing Gaps in Tigray Peace Deal". www.khrc.or.ke. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe: Joint Statement Concerning the Judgement Against Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa". Freedom House. 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 ISSAfrica.org (2013-01-17). "Seminar on Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance: Moving the rhetoric to reality". ISS Africa. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ Ideas, Curated Conversations: Exploring the Politics of Migration through (2023-09-28). "Ep 2: Pan-Africanism and Intra-African Migration". African Arguments. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ Mohamed, Hamza. "Ethiopia: Migration crisis to top African Union summit". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "AU: Uphold Rights Body's Independence | Human Rights Watch". 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "Uganda receives its first flight of evacuees from Afghanistan". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "About Us - The Amazon Leadership Initiative". theali.org. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "Pimdnow". Pan-African Institute of Municipal Development (PIMD). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ↑ "Our Advisory Board". National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ↑ Ideas, Curated Conversations: Exploring the Politics of Migration through (2023-09-28). "Ep 2: Pan-Africanism and Intra-African Migration". African Arguments. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ↑ International Organisation for Migration (2020). Africa Migration Report: Challenging the Narrative. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Organisation for Migration. pp. 91–101. ISBN 978-92-9068-841-9. Search this book on
- ↑ Gaitho, Waruguru, Achieng Akena (23 January 2023). "'Haba na Haba Hujaza Kibaba: Three Decades Later, an Analysis of Queer Legal Mobilization in Africa',". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2024-02-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Maple, Nicholas; Vanyoro, Kudakwashe; Achiume, E Tendayi; Vearey, Jo; Akena, Achieng (2023-06-21). "The Influence of the Global Refugee Regime in Africa: Still "Akin to a Distant Weather Pattern"?". Refugee Survey Quarterly. 42 (3): 247–258. doi:10.1093/rsq/hdad010. ISSN 1020-4067.
- ↑ "MSt in International Human Rights Law". www.development.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
External links[edit]
- Achieng Maureen Akena | openDemocracy
- CONSULTATION MEETING WITH SUDANESE EXILED HRDs COMMUNIQUE - DefendDefenders
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