Nomboniso gasa biography of rory

Nomboniso Gasa is a researcher, analyst and public speaker on gender, politics and culture.

Her active citizenship weaves together her academic background, lived experience and constant engagement with contemporary and historical South African issues. Her work appears in scholarly publications and in local and international print, electronic and audiovisual media.

She has featured in international documentaries.

Nomboniso gasa biography of rory

In the 1990s, she was executive secretary responsible for policy development in the ANC's Commission on the Emancipation of Women. She was closely involved in the ANC's decisive contribution to the negotiation of a new constitution, focussing specifically on gender equality.

Gasa headed the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (I-IDEA). She conceptualised and drove a massive research programme with Nigerian and international scholars. This culminated in a