Kigali Convention Center - KG 2 Roundabout, Kigali, Rwanda
Banchi Dessalegn
Africa Director
MSI Reproductive Choices
Dr. Banchi Dessalegn is MSI’s Africa Director. She has 10+ years of experience working across areas including family planning, safe abortion, HIV/AIDS, and vulnerable children. Banchi was the Director for East and Southern Africa and the Strategic Progammes Director at MSI, leading anonymously funded projects across Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Banchi was the Chief of Party for the USAID-funded Support for International Family Planning Organisations 2 project in Ethiopia._x000D_
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Banchi previously worked at FHI 360 and Population Council. She was a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Chicago and holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University.
Speakers
Rafiat Akinokun
Youth Advorate and cub's health nurse
Melania Chiponda
Gender and Climate Advisor The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
