Tariro Tandi

Board Member at Women Enabled International

Tariro Tandi is a human rights lawyer by profession currently working with Urgent Action Fund Africa as the Director of Partnerships & Development. She is passionate about gender equality, disability rights, and advancing the rights of the gender non-conforming population. Her mantra is: difference should never be a reason to impede one from living life to their full potential. Her professional efforts are focused on developing and managing programs, initiatives, and campaigns aimed to make a difference in communities, societies, and legal systems. She is proficient in resource mobilization and partnership building, being able to engage donors and increase budgets to support work resulting in transformative change.

She currently represents African Women’s Funds and sits on the Steering Committee of the Women’s Funds Collaborative. Her commitment towards ensuring better and more resources for activists on the African continent has also seen her represent Women’s Funds on a Committee that seeks to strengthen the relationship between Women’s Funds and members of the Philanthropy Advancing Women’s Human Rights(PAWHR). Moreover, she has expertise in designing strategic and tactical campaigns to raise awareness, gain financial and media support, and deliver strong advocacy to make a positive impact locally, regionally, and globally.

Tariro Holds an LLM in Women’s Law and an LLB(Hons) from the University of Zimbabwe.