Renae Green

Renae is the Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy at TransWave Jamaica. She is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of the organization’s advocacy strategies as they relate to key human rights, HIV, and development issues facing transgender and gender non-conforming people. TransWave Jamaica recently developed a five-year strategic plan. In accordance with the plan over the next five years, TransWave Jamaica will use social media, popular education, and training to promote visibility and the inclusion of trans persons; improve trans peoples’ access to employment and essential public services (medical, public safety and education); reduce violations against trans persons by creating inclusive and affirming spaces and promoting acceptance in families, schools, and community institutions; develop an organizational infrastructure in alignment with its mission; and collaborate with stakeholders to develop legislative initiatives that support the self-determination of trans people.

Renae serves as the civil society alternate representative on the Jamaica Country Coordinating Mechanism for the Global Fund as well as a member of the Civil Society Reference Group of Jamaica’s Spotlight Initiative, which is EU-funded and UN-implemented. Renae is working toward completing the bachelors of science in Gender Development Studies at the University of the West Indies.