Lyn Ossome

She is currently Senior Research Associate of at the University of Johannesburg and a member of the advisory board for the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa,[1] amongst other accolades.

[3] She serves on the executive committee for the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).

[8] Her work on feminism includes articles on Arab refugee women,[9] Kenyan media and anti-rape discourse,[10] and agrarian movements in Africa.

[14] She was also Visiting Presidential Professor in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Yale University from 2016-17.

[15] Ossome serves on the board of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE),[16] and the executive committee of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).