​When We Are Bold

Doreen Baingana is an award-winning author and editor from Uganda. Her short-story collection, Tropical Fish, won the Commonwealth Prize First Book Award in 2006. 

Read ​​Betty Oyella Bigombe: The Strength of “Soft” Power
by Doreen Baingana in When We Are Bold: Women Who Turn Our Upsidedown World Right

Betty Oyella Bigombe was a key figure in peace negotiations with the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda starting in the 1990s, acting as the main mediator between the LRA and the Ugandan government, even holding talks with rebel leader Joseph Kony. She is now the Senior Director for Fragility, Conflict and Violence at the World Bank.