Micheline Ravololonarisoa

Micheline Ravololonarisoa "is a sociologist, feminist, and activist from Madagascar, her native country where she obtained her Masters degree in Sociology. She holds a post graduate degree in Women Studies from the University of Waterloo (Canada). With more than twenty years of experience in development, she is presently Chief of the Africa section of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and was previously Regional Director of the Sub Regional office in Dakar. Prior to joining the United Nations, she was the Programme Director of the Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD), an international consortium of NGOs based in the United Kingdom. She is also a member of a number of several African women's networks such as Akina Mama Wa Afrika and Abantu for Development."


 * Director, Sirleaf Market Women's Fund