Margaret Snyder

Margaret (Peg) Snyder "is the founding director of UNIFEM, and was regional advisor for the UN's Economic Commission for Africa, co-founder of its African Centre for Women and head of its Voluntary Agencies Bureau. She was an international election observer in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania and a Fulbright scholar at Makerere University, Uganda, and currently sits on two international NGO boards. Born in the United States, Dr Snyder received her PhD from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Her most recent books are Transforming Development: Women, Poverty and Politics (a history of UNIFEM), African Women and Development: A History (co-authored with Mary Tadesse) and Women in African Economies: from Burning Sun to Boardroom."


 * Director, Sirleaf Market Women's Fund