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Musimbi Kanyoro (born 30 November 1953) is renowned for her advocacy and leadership in global human rights, philanthropy and academia. She is the chairperson of the International Board of the United World Colleges and independent member at London School of Economics and Political Science. She is also the founding member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians ("the Circle") and its first coordinator (1996-2002).
She earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Nairobi and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin. Kanyoro later earned a doctorate in feminist theology at the San Francisco Theological Seminary, and has received three honorary doctorate degrees. She was also a visiting scholar of Hebrew and the Old Testament at Harvard Divinity School.
Kanyoro was director of the Population and Reproductive Health Program of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation from 2007 to 2011. She was a member of the International Steering Committee for the Beijing World Conference and led delegations to five UN World Conferences in the 1990s. From 2018 until 2019, she served on an Independent Commission on Sexual Misconduct, Accountability and Culture Change at Oxfam, co-chaired by Zainab Bangura and Katherine Sierra. Oxfam announces Zainab Bangura and Katherine Sierra to co-lead Independent Commission on Sexual Misconduct Oxfam, press release of 16 March 2018. Musimbi Kanyoro was the president and CEO of Global Fund for Women from 2011 to 2019.
She has also served in several boards including the Aspen Leaders Council, the CARE Board, the UN High Level Taskforce for Reproductive Health, UN Women Civil Society Advisory Board, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)’s Scientific Advisory Board and the International Board of the United World Colleges.
She also works with former President of Ireland Mary Robinson on several projects, including the Board of Directors of Realizing Rights: the Ethical Globalization Initiative. She served as a member of the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) Reference Group. FP2020 Reference Group Family Planning 2020 (FP2020). International Advisory Council Mary Robinson.
She is also the member of Global Philanthropy Committee of the Council of Foundations.
Kanyoro also 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, Intra Health, CHANGE and Legacy Memory Bank, and is a member of the World Health Organization.
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