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Oabona Sepora HRDA

Country / Where did you grow up:
Gaborone, Botswana

Academic qualifications:
Bachelor of Social Work, University of Botswana, Botswana

Experience:
Oabona Sepora is the Executive Director and Founder for Friends of Diversity graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Botswana in 2014. Oabona currently studies Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa at the University of Pretoria In addition, he is an alumnus for Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) and has over 8 years’ experience in the human rights movement in Botswana and internationally, particularly standing for the rights of LGBTI+ person rights. Mr Sepora has worked with various NGO(s) is Botswana being LEGABIBO, Ditshwanelo-The Botswana Centre for Human Rights, SRHR Africa Trust, Young African Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA), among others. He has represented LGBTI+ community in numerous international forums such International Aids Conference in the Netherlands, International Conference on AIDS and STI in Africa (ICASA) in Harare, Zimbabwe and Abidjan, Ivory Coast, SADC Queer Youth exchange among others. In addition, in 2014, Oabona was hosted by the Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation in Lilongwe, Malawi and he also has done several abstract presentations on sexual reproductive health rights in Nairobi, Kenya and other African countries. In 2018, Oabona was named a global peace ambassador for 2018/2020 by Global Peace Chain Organization.

Academic fields of interest:
Strategic litigation, Mental health discourse and Jurisprudence

Position prior to the programme:
Executive Director, Friends of Diversity

Gmail Logobonniesepora@yahoo.com

 

 

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