Stella Mukasa

Stella Mukasa is the director of gender, violence and rights at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), a Washington, D.C.-based global research institute focused on women and girls. Mukasa leads research, policy analysis and programming to identify solutions that address violations of women’s rights, increase their social and political participation and change discriminatory norms perpetuating gender inequality. She is a lawyer with 20 years of experience in gender, governance and human rights. Her work at ICRW encompasses program development and evaluation, strategic advice, training and policy engagement with specific expertise in women’ s access to justice, political participation and empowerment.