Education
She attended the Alliance girls school in Kenya and she attributes being in a girls-only space as having a powerful way of building and shaping confidence in her early life.
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She attended the Alliance girls school in Kenya and she attributes being in a girls-only space as having a powerful way of building and shaping confidence in her early life.
She has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Global Fund for Women since August 2011. Kanyoro also serves with former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson on several projects, including the Board of Directors of Realizing Rights: the Ethical Globalization Initiative. Kanyoro was born in Migori county, Kenya.
She earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Nairobi and a Doctor of Philosophy in linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Foreign her second doctorate, Kanyoro studied feminist theology at the San Francisco Theological Seminary. She received three honorary doctorate degrees.
She was also a visiting scholar of Hebrew and the Old Testament at Harvard.
Born in rural Kenya, Kanyoro moved into suburban Nairobi where she attended high school. Growing up in the 1970s, her focus along with the African Continent was the liberation of South Africa.
"She was a student when she joined the movement against apartheid which led her to fight for women and girls".
She also worked as a translation consultant for the United Bible Societies and became Young Women’s Christian Association"s World Secretary General. Kanyoro was director of the Population and Reproductive Health Program of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation from 2007 to 2011.
1999 – Human Rights Award 1999 – Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Trinity Lutheran Seminary, (TLS) United States of America, for significant contribution to Christian Theology 2000 – The Wittenberg Award 2005 – designated a State Commendations of Kenya|Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (Mutual Broadcasting System). 2005 – Women of Substance Award 2005 – Global Leadership Award, World Vision and International Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Trust, United States of America Global Leadership Award 2005 – Nominee, 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize, 2006 - Women, Leadership and Human Dignity Award 2008 - Inaugural Lecturer: Nelson Mandela Lecture Series 2011 – Changing the Face of Philanthropy 2012 - National Council for Research on Women 2012.
Kanyoro serves on the United Nations Population Fund/IPPF High-Level task force for Reproductive Health 2015 on the Global Philanthropy Committee of the Council of Foundations, is a member of the Aspen Institute Council for women Leaders for Reproductive health as well as the Advisory Board for “new Voices”, Mary Robinson"s Climate Justice. Kanyoro served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Population and Health Research Centre, and was for seven years the Chair of the Board of ISIS Work. She also serves on the boards of Cooperative American Relief Everywhere, Intra Health, CHANGE and Legacy Memory Bank, and is a member of the World Health Organization.
