Janemary Ruhundwa Refugee Rights Activist

Janemary Ruhundwa

Ms. Ruhundwa is the Country Director of Asylum Access Tanzania, a Non for Profit Organization working to realize refugees’ rights and support efforts to pursue durable solutions for refugees in Tanzania. Janemary is a passionate Human Rights Advocate, who has been leading efforts to advocate for refugee rights in Tanzania through policy advocacy, public awareness on refugee issues and provision of legal assistance, legal education and economic empowerment programs to the marginalized urban refugee population in Dar es Salaam.

Ms. Ruhundwa has an LLM and LLB from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She also has a human Rights certificate from Malmo University in Sweden and Diploma in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Centre for Foreign Relations, Tanzania. Ms. Ruhundwa is also an Acumen Fellow 2014.