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The fourth webinar of this series focuses on graduates who decided to create their own NGOs or initiatives. What motivated them to make the leap and create an NGO instead of joining one? Which knowledge and skills from their human rights studies are they using in running their NGO/initiative? Which impact do they have with their NGOs? Which advice would they give to graduates wanting to start their own NGO?
Moderator
Véronique Lerch, Independent Human Rights Consultant – Alumna of GC Europe
Speakers
Dumiso Gatsha or Dumi (They/Them/Their), is a proudly Pan African, unequivocally non-binary queer feminist working
on eliminating the barriers between grassroots experiences and global policymaking. Dumi is Founder of Success Capital
Organisation a queer, youth, migrant, ethnic minority, feminist-led, managed and serving grassroots organisation challenging
power, privilege and patriarchy impeding decolonial, climate, health, gender, and socioeconomic justice. A two-time masters
graduate, Chartered Global Management Accountant and PRINCE2 Practitioner with consulting and work experience at national,
regional and global levels.
Alumn of GC Africa
Follow them on twitter @prosuccessbw and LinkedIn: Dumiso Gatsha
Mary Izobo is an international human rights lawyer, gender equality advocate, governance specialist, and currently studying for
her PhD in International Law and Governance. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Amazon Leadership Initiative
(TheALI). TheALI is a non-profit organization that empowers women and girls, fosters inclusivity in leadership roles, provides
mentorship, education, career guidance and capacity development to alleviate gender inequality in line with aspiration 6 of the
African Union Agenda 2063 and goal 5 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. She is the recipient of several
awards, notably ‘Africa’s Top Legal Millennial - The Amazon of Women’s Rights,’ ‘The Futurist Activist,’ ‘SPE Top Pathfinder’ and
Kaduna State Honours Award for Public Service in Nigeria.
Alumna of GC Africa
Follow her on LinkedIn: Mary Izobo
Hazem Mizyed is a communications consultant who has a background in psychology, and combines communications psychology
with digital marketing to empower human rights. He joined the Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights (ARMA) in 2018 with
a mission to launch online child rights projects that support children’s human rights in the MENA region. He led a campaign to
support the mental health of children during Covid-19, and a campaign to help Gazian parents see signs their children are suffering
from PTSD following the 2019 Gaza war. Besides working with various organizations, he is establishing Green Awareness, the first
platform for raising the awareness of young people in the MENA region about human rights and environmentally friendly practices.
Alumnus of GC Arab World
Folllow him on LinkedIn: Hazem Mizyed
Register at: https://bit.ly/creating-your-ngo
24/5/2022
University of Padova
Human Rights Centre
"Antonio Papisca"
Complesso Universitario
Via Beato Pellegrino, 28
35137 Padova
Tel 049 827 1813 / 1817
E-mail
centro.dirittiumani@unipd.it
Certified e-mail (PEC)
centro.dirittiumani@pec.unipd.it
University of Padova
Human Rights Centre
"Antonio Papisca"
Complesso Universitario
Via Beato Pellegrino, 28
35137 Padova
Tel 049 827 1813 / 1817
E-mail
centro.dirittiumani@unipd.it
Certified e-mail (PEC)
centro.dirittiumani@pec.unipd.it
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