Adv. Thando Gumede

Adv. Thando is an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. She is completing her Masters in Constitutional Law and Human Rights Law (LLM) at the University of Cape Town, with a special focus on women, children, queer and disabled people’s lack of menstrual health attendance resources as a hindrance to accessing basic and higher education in South Africa.

She recently presented her first intervention speech on women’s leadership in decision-making spaces and public life at the 65th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. And, she also taught on “Language and Inclusivity” at the same event. Her organisation, Adv. Thando Gumede ZA, hosted South Africa’s first “international Women’s Peace Building Tea”. She continues to contribute to the greater social transformation project by educating communities, schools, organisations and businesses on Equity, Intersectionality and Feminism.

She is officially a “Global Generation Equality Advocate”. And, as part of the National Gender Machinery, she is actively contributing to the Pillars of National Strategic Plan on the eradication of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide.

She is also the founder of an internationally award winning technology and start-up called, M-TETO Search Engine, which aims to use Artificial Intelligence to prevent and adequately respond to the global crisis of School-Related Gender-Based Violence, which occurs among diverse children and youths.