Nafula Wafula,
Board Member
Nafula is a fierce advocate for gender equality and human rights and is passionate about Pan-
Africanism and social justice. She is currently the Vice Chairperson for Policy and Advocacy at the
Commonwealth Youth Council. She is also the programs director at Brydges Centre, an organization
that provides child rescue and protection services, education and economic empowerment to at-risk
youth and out-of-school girls, and a consultant at Advocacy Accelerator serving as the Content,
Facilitation and Training Manager. She is an activist having successfully led actions and petitions
addressing sexist advertising and gender based violence and is an active contributor to the blog
'African Feminism'. Her consultancy expertise is on gender based violence prevention and
intervention, gender mainstreaming, advocacy and youth participation.
Nafula is an East Africa Acumen Fellow (2015), Laureate Global Fellow(2015), a Spark Kenya
Changemaker (2015), Common Purpose Fellow (2016) and an Associate Fellow of the Royal
Commonwealth Society. She is also a founding member of the Commonwealth Youth, Gender and
Equality Network (CYGEN) and an executive board member of the Commonwealth Businesswomen
Network. She holds a law degree from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.