#PowerWithPurpose

From Uganda's first female aeronautics engineer to Oxfam's first African Executive Director, Winnie is a trailblazer - relentless advocating for peace, equality and democratic governance.
A teenage refugee, Winnie escaped Idi Amin's regime in 1976, but later returned to Uganda to fight against government oppression as a part of the National Resistance Army during the Ugandan Bush War.
After the NRA won that war, Byanyima served in Parliament where she was a signatory to the 1985 peace agreement.
She went on to pursue civil rights at the African Union Commission, as director of gender and development at UNDP, and as chair to a U.N. task force on gender aspects of the Millennium Development Goals.
Meet the other #PowerWithPurpose honorees: powerwithpurpose.devex.com

[@kemuntochache9540]

👌 wow

[@evelynabio6660]

I admire her so much..... #winnieamproud

[@leeloo2ify]

I listened to her on radio 4 this morning. Such an interesting person!

[@muhangijimmy270]

She's more like a genius! Not just a woman

[@marioelolu8060]

Fast tell us between you and Janet kataha museveni before you decide the nation