Global InformationRosa Namises information
Rosa Namises | |
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| Born | 20 April 1958 Old Location - Windhoek, Khomas Region. |
| Citizenship | Namibian |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa |
| Occupation | Activist |
Visolela Rosalinda "Rosa" Namises (born 1958), nicknamed the "Rosa Luxemburg of Namibia",[1] is a Namibian politician, human-rights activist and chief of a faction of the ǀKhomanin, a clan of the Damara people.[2] She is a former member of Parliament and founding member and former secretary-general of the Namibian Congress of Democrats (CoD). A prominent voice on gender issues, human-rights violations, and violence against women and children in Namibia, she is the director of Woman Solidarity Namibia and works at the Dolam Residential Child Care centre, a day-care centre for vulnerable children.
- ^ Dregger, Leila (6 March 2014). "Ich liebe die Welt!" [I love the world!]. Die Wochenzeitung (in German).
- ^ Kahiurika, Ndanki (22 May 2018). "/Khomanin group elects Namises as chief". The Namibian. p. 1.