What you need to know about the new boss leading Tanzania's Human Rights body

Dar es Salaam. The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) has announced the appointment of Ms Anna Henga as the new executive director.

She will replace Dr Helen Kijo-Bisimba, who has served in the position for more than a decade. Ms Henga’s appointment will start on July.

She will be promoted from her current position of LHRC Director of Advocacy and Reforms. She has also been a member of the senior management team.

She holds a Master’s degree in development policy and practice for civil society from Mzumbe University and a post-graduate diploma in business administration from the Institute of Finance Management (IFM), Bachelor of Law (University of Dar es Salaam) and diploma in gender affairs from Sweden’s Institute of Public Administration.

Dr Kijo-Bisimba described her successor as an able leader whose passion for human rights was well documented. “Her dedication to defending human rights has been impressive.

We at the LHRC are glad to have such a passionate human rights defender as our new executive director, and we call on the general public, national and international friends of human rights to accord her the necessary cooperation,” she said. (The Citizen Reporter)

Anna joined LHRC back in 2006 as an intern and rose through the ranks to the current position.