Viviane Tathi Yende
Awarded by Amnesty International Africa to young human rights defenders in West and Central Africa.
Awarded by the Association for the Respect of Human Rights to human rights defenders in Africa.
A six-week Leadership Program of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, with International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) as program administrator.
Viviane Tathi Yende is a lawyer, feminist, and woman human rights defender from Cameroon committed to defending the rights of women and girls. She has 7 years of experience in protection and advocacy surrounding women’s rights.
In 2018, she co-founded the organisation Association Sourires De Femmes which has already provided care services to nearly 500 victims of gender-based violence. Despite the threats and barriers that weigh on her work every day, she remains thoroughly committed to her human rights work
