Mulshid Muwonge

ISHR is sorry to report the passing of Mulshid Muwonge in October 2025.

Mulshid was a 2016 graduate of HRAP from Uganda. He was the director of special projects and strategic initiatives at Defenders Protection Initiative. At the same time, he worked as an associate consultant at Akijul (Enabling Change). He has worked closely with organizations to facilitate change management and other organizational learning and development processes.

Mulshid's areas of expertise included gender mainstreaming in organizations, people and organization, strategic management, human-centered design, humanitarian safety, protection and security management, the African human rights system, diversity and inclusion, advanced data analytics, digital transformation, and performance improvement.

He has also worked on specialized assignments in South East Asia, particularly in Cambodia and Myanmar, and across the Eastern and Horn of Africa, particularly focusing on project and program design, coordination and implementation.

Mulshid held an M.Phil. in human rights and democratization in Africa from the University of Pretoria, and a B.Sc. with the Dean's Merit Award in Business Computing from Makerere University, Kampala.