Farida Bemba Nabourema

Farida Bemba Nabourema is the Executive director of Togolese Civil League.

Farida Bemba Nabourema is a Togolese social activist, a pan africanist and a writer.

She has been a fearless advocate for democracy and human rights in Togo and through hundreds of articles written on her blog and other sites, she denounces corruption, dictatorship and inequality.

In 2014, Farida Bemba Nabourema published a book in French titled La Pression de oppression (The Pressure of Oppression) in which she discussed the different forms of oppression that people face throughout Africa and highlighted the need for youth and women to be politically engaged.

Farida Bemba Nabourema also serves as the executive director of the Togolese Civil League, an NGO that promotes democracy, human rights, and rule of law in Togo through grassroots organizing, civic education, and advocacy. She is a 2021 Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative (IGLI) practitioner in residence at the Joseph Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver where she taught a graduate course titled “Resisting Authoritarianism in the digital age” as an adjunct professor. 

Speaking events

Listen to Farida Bemba Nabourema speak at the conference

18 Nov3:19 pm - 4:03 pm

Session 4: New Solutions for tech for democracy and human rights: bringing in global and local voices

This session highlights voices from a range of stakeholders from around the world. Civil society, youth representatives, and other non-state actors from across governance eco-systems will present their experiences and evidence on challenges and opportunities on how to drive a progressive agenda for an open, safe, and inclusive digital world where technology works for democracy and human rights.

The session is jointly facilitated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Focus and will be kicked off by Executive Director of the Togolese Civil League, Farida Nabourema, followed by a message from the UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner. Based on a series of roundtables with Southern Voice, a network of +50 think tanks in the Global South, and a scan of the horizon for some of the most promising pro-democracy digital projects taking place today, the session takes the audience on a roundtrip across the globe to present key challenges and approaches on how to make digital technology a vehicle for democracy and human rights.
18 Nov3:19 pm - 4:03 pm

Session 4: New Solutions for tech for democracy and human rights: bringing in global and local voices

This session highlights voices from a range of stakeholders from around the world. Civil society, youth representatives, and other non-state actors from across governance eco-systems will present their experiences and evidence on challenges and opportunities on how to drive a progressive agenda for an open, safe, and inclusive digital world where technology works for democracy and human rights.

The session is jointly facilitated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Focus and will be kicked off by Executive Director of the Togolese Civil League, Farida Nabourema, followed by a message from the UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner. Based on a series of roundtables with Southern Voice, a network of +50 think tanks in the Global South, and a scan of the horizon for some of the most promising pro-democracy digital projects taking place today, the session takes the audience on a roundtrip across the globe to present key challenges and approaches on how to make digital technology a vehicle for democracy and human rights.
Speakers
  • Achim Steiner is Administrator of UNDP, United Nations Development Programme.
    Achim Steiner
  • Flemming Møller Mortensen is Denmark's Minister for Development Cooperation.
    Flemming Møller Mortensen
  • Journalist Ikenna Azuike is a lawyer, journalist and the host of the Tech for Democracy conference 2021.
    Ikenna Azuike
  • Senel Wanniarachchi is Co-founder & Director of Hashtag Generation - an organisation led by a group of young tech-savvy Sri Lankans.
    Senel Wanniarachchi
  • Liv Marte Nordhaug serves as a Co-Lead of the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA)
    Liv Marte Nordhaug
  • Chief Executive Officer at South Africa Human Rights Commission.
    Tseliso Thipanyane
  • CEO of the Institute of Analysis & Advocacy think tank and Generation17 young leader.
    Yurii Romashko
  • Farida Bemba Nabourema is the Executive director of Togolese Civil League.
    Farida Bemba Nabourema