Brenda Kugonza

Brenda Kugonza is a Ugandan human rights activist, Founder and Executive Director of Women Human Rights Defenders Network, Uganda (WHRDN-U). She works at the intersection of fighting injustices experience by women and girls in Uganda. The organization has built capacity of women Human Rights Defenders across Uganda. Brenda Kugonza participates in campaigns aimed at reducing Violence Against Women and girls (VAW) in partnership with other organizations like OXFAM.

In her advocacy, Brenda voices the challenges faced by women human rights defenders especially threats, physical and sexual violence with an aim of reducing Violence Against Women and girls including those rooted in cultural and social norms She raises awareness and knowledge on women struggles related to Sexual Gender Based Violence with a holistic feminist protection approach.

Brenda is an Alumni of the International Human Rights Services' "Human Rights Advocacy Program" for cohort of 2019, a training that built her skills in international partnership and engagement with other agencies like the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.