Today, the Ford Foundation announced that Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, PhD will join the organization as a senior fellow. Kamau-Rutenberg is an activist and academic known for her extensive work on women’s leadership. During her fellowship, she will leverage her decades of experience supporting women’s empowerment to scale Black Women in Executive Leadership (B-WEL), a global initiative focused on improving the numbers, experiences, and impact of Black women in senior and executive leadership across sectors. She will also work closely with Ford’s director for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice International, the BUILD team, and Ford’s fellowship team to inform the foundation’s intersectional work to advance social justice.
“Dr. Kamau-Rutenberg’s extensive on-the-ground advocacy work and her strong background in academia reflect her unique ability to not only strategize and think big, but set into motion initiatives that can change our perspectives and approaches,” said Ford Foundation executive vice president of programs Hilary Pennington. “Her ongoing collaboration with our program areas and regional offices will further strengthen our efforts to foster responsive solutions that empower women and girls and champion justice and equity. We look forward to learning from each other on our shared journey toward gender justice.”
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