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Gicuku Karugu

Program Officer - Legal Equality


Gicuku is a human rights lawyer whose passion is to advance the rights of women and children across the continent of Africa. She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Criminal Justice and Human Rights Law from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Degree from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She has worked in Equality Now for over 4 years in various roles, most recently as an Associate Program Officer in the End Sexual Violence program. 

Gicuku’s dream is to live in a world where all people live in harmony and have access to and enjoy their rights and liberties.