Kumi Naidoo

Dr. Kumi Naidoo is one of the founders of Global Call to Action Against Poverty, in 2005, and now a
Co-Chair. Since 2005 the alliance has grown into a coalition of
anti-poverty campaigners from over 100 countries engaging the public
to maintain pressure on leaders to fulfil their promises on aid,
trade, debt, climate change and gender equality.

Born in South Africa, Kumi Naidoo became involved in the South African
liberation struggle at the age of 15. He was deeply involved in
neighbourhood organization, youth work in his community, the
underground movement, and mass mobilizations against South Africa's
apartheid regime. Kumi holds a D.Phil in Politics from Magdalen
College, Oxford and has published and spoken widely on issues relating
to civil society, education and resistance to apartheid. Kumi holds
board and advisory positions with renown institutes such as the
Clinton Global Initiative, Amnesty International, the World Economic
Forum, and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).