Gladys Onyango

Nairobi

Gladys Onyango serves as the executive assistant to the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) director. Over the years she has written on political economy, trade justice, gender, HIV/AIDS and media & culture for a range of publications including African Agenda (a publication of Third World Network-Africa), The Accra Daily Mail and Expressions Today (an East African media review magazine).

Onyango joins OSIEA from Plan International, where she played a key role in laying groundwork for the organization’s move into advocacy work in Africa. She has a passion for African cinema, having spent a great deal of time in West Africa studying the historical, social, and political factors that have influenced the film industry and film culture in the region.

She holds a B.A. degree in Africana Studies with a concentration in Cinema & Media Studies from Wellesley College, Massachussets, USA.