Stéphanie Mbanzendore

Stéphanie Mbanzendore is a feminist activist from Burundi, who has been based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands since 2003. She is the founder of the organization Burundian Women for Peace and Development, and the chairperson of the Multicultural Women Peacemakers Network, and is involved in several other women's rights and peace activism bodies.

Early life Stéphanie Mbanzendore was born and raised in Burundi, where she was later educated and worked. Since 2003, she has been based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. In 2009, BWPD built a Centre for Peace in Burundi, "to increase community involvement and build a place for sustainable dialogues, workshops and trainings to take place in a long-term fashion". She is an advisor to the Global Fund for Women. Mbanzendore is a member of the National Forum for Women in Burundi, representing the diaspora.

Personal life Since 2003, she has lived in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.