Edinah Masiyiwa

Edinah Masiyiwa

Executive Director, Women's Action Group

ยท Class of 2019

Edinah directs an NGO that promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights in Zimbabwe. “My passion for women’s rights and gender equality is derived from my experience as a nurse midwife,” she says. “I witnessed young women who died or had irreversible complications as a result of unsafe abortions.” Edinah wants Zimbabwe to lift its decades-old restrictions on abortion. As long as those laws remain on the books, she is advocating for access to post-abortion care to save the lives of women who resort to unsafe termination.