Speakers

Sonia Kwami

Africa Campaigns Director for the ONE Campaign and Board Member of CIVICUS

Sonia Kwami is a Campaigner and leader in development practice, who is passionate about working with and inspiring diverse groups of people to become change agents and challenge the injustices in society. She is currently the Africa Campaigns Director for the ONE Campaign.

Over the past eighteen years she has successfully managed campaigns (online and offline) and supported CSOs and teams in over 60 countries particularly in the global south (Africa, Asia, South America, Caribbean and Pacific) through various roles in ONE, Oxfam, Walk Free and GCAP after a building a strong foundation at the national level in Ghana. Sonia also passionate about mobilising, equipping and inspiring Activists and young people to demand accountability and change from their governments and duty bearers.

She also possesses first-hand experience in co-creating various initiatives, leading, organising and actively participating in CSO engagements at high level meetings at for a such as: G7/8 and 20 Summits, AU and UN lobby meetings, World bank / IMF meetings and various engagements around MDGs and SDGs etc.