Ms. Winnie Byanyima
Executive Director of UNAIDS
Ms. Winnie Byanyima was appointed as the Executive Director of UNAIDS by the United Nations Secretary-General on 14 August 2019.
SheMs Byanyima was the Executive Director of Oxfam International from 2013 to 2019. Prior to that, she served for seven years as the Director of Gender and Development at the United Nations Development Programme.
Ms. Byanyima began her career as a champion of marginalized communities and women 30 years ago as a member of parliament in the National Assembly of Uganda. In 2004, she became the Director of Women and Development at the African Union Commission, working on the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, an international human rights instrument that became an important tool for reducing the disproportionate effect of HIV on the lives of women in Africa.
SheMs Byanyima was the Executive Director of Oxfam International from 2013 to 2019. Prior to that, she served for seven years as the Director of Gender and Development at the United Nations Development Programme.
Ms. Byanyima began her career as a champion of marginalized communities and women 30 years ago as a member of parliament in the National Assembly of Uganda. In 2004, she became the Director of Women and Development at the African Union Commission, working on the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, an international human rights instrument that became an important tool for reducing the disproportionate effect of HIV on the lives of women in Africa.