Lindiwe Ngwenya is a gender expert with 17+ years’ experience advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment across Africa. Programme Specialist for EVAWG at UN Women and the AUC-WGYD, leading transformative policy and advocacy, including the AU Campaign on Ending Violence Against Women. Her diverse portfolio includes gender statistics, gender responsive budgeting, HIV prevention, and multi-stakeholder engagement with governments, parliaments, civil society, cultural leaders, women living with HIV, and male allies. Renowned for her compelling voice, visionary leadership, and extraordinary ability to unite diverse partners, she inspires others to take bold action, champion change, and build unstoppable movements for gender equality.