Associate General Secretary of the Public Witness and Diakonia, World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland
Prof. Isabel Apawo Phiri from Malawi is Associate General Secretary of the World Council of Churches: Public Witness and Diakonia. She is a former full professor of African theology, dean and head of the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and editor of the university’s Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa. Phiri received her Bachelor of Education from the University of Malawi, a Master of Arts from the University of Lancaster, UK, and a PhD from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.