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Atieno Odhiambo
Legal Empowerment Fund
Director of the Fund for Global Human Rights
Biography
Atieno Odhiambo is a Kenyan lawyer, and human rights advocate whose work is focused on access to justice, including gender, health, education, and climate justice. Based in Nairobi, she leads the Legal Empowerment Fund (LEF), a program housed at the Fund for Global Human Rights, which supports grassroots movements globally through unrestricted funding, peer networks, and strategic accompaniment. Her prior roles include serving as Technical Lead for Africa at the Center for Reproductive Rights, where she spearheaded legal advocacy on sexual and reproductive health and rights across multiple countries.
Atieno holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and a law degree from Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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