Rhoda Kadalie
Executive Director, Impumelelo Innovations Award Trust, South Africa
Rhoda Kadalie is a former Human Rights Commissioner and currently the Executive Director of Impumelelo Innovations and Awards Trust, a South African organisation that identifies and rewards projects that alleviate poverty in partnership with public sector enterprises. Rhoda was a visible, courageous and critical presence at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) during the turbulent 1980s, when the university had a strong anti-apartheid profile.
From 1976-1995 she was an academic and founder of the Gender Equity Unit at the University of the Western Cape. Kadalie has travelled extensively internationally, presenting lectures and papers on human rights and gender politics in South Africa. In 1999 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in the Liberal Arts from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.