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Musimbi Kanyoro (born 30 November 1953) is a Kenyan human rights advocate. She is the CEO and President of the Global Fund for Women since August 2011. Kanyoro serves on the UNFPA/IPPF High-Level task force for Reproductive Health 2015 on the Global Philanthropy Committee of the (Council of Foundations ),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Global Philanthropy )〕 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 CARE,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=CARE Announces Board Member Musimbi Kanyoro )〕 (Intra Health ),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Musimbi Kanyoro Joins Intra Health International Board of Directors )〕 CHANGE and (Legacy Memory Bank ),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Musimbi Kanyoro Joins Board of Legacy Memory Bank )〕 and is a member of the World Health Organization. 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 ),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=International Board of Directors, Ethical Globalization Initiative )〕 ==Early life== Kanyoro was born in Migori county, Kenya. Kanyoro 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 earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Nairobi and a PhD in linguistics from the University of Texas, Austin. For her second doctorate, Kanyoro studied feminist theology at the San Francisco Theological Seminary. She received three honorary doctorate degrees. Kanyoro 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 70s, 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,” according to the international edition of the (New York Times ),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Star Power at a Global Women's Conference )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Musimbi Kanyoro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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