Victor Mukasa

Baltimore, MD United States

Human Rights Defender, Consultant, Researcher, Trainer

NGO / Public Service

Victor Mukasa is a human rights defender from Uganda with tremendous dedication and contribution to human rights struggles in Africa and globally. He is a founding member of several Ugandan and regional human rights groups. Victor has also served as a board member of many African and international LGBT groups. In 2008, Victor joined the IGLHRC's Africa RegionaI Program in Cape Town and in 2011 the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) as the Coordinator of the Human Rights Defenders Project and later Advocacy Advisor for East Africa. Through these organization, he has mentored individual activists and organizations in various tools needed for their struggle.