Isabella Matambanadzo is an international consultant, writer, and researcher from ZW, based in Zimbabwe. She has extensive professional experience across 37 African countries, focusing on gender justice, women’s rights, and social accountability. In 2019, she designed ActionAid International’s Guidance Framework for Working with Women’s Rights Organisations, a tool addressing power dynamics and accountability between INGOs and their local partners.

She has contributed to numerous publications, including Facing the Future Together, a special report by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Task Force on Women, Girls, and HIV & AIDS. Amnesty International named her one of 11 women on the frontline of defending women’s human rights in Zimbabwe.

Isabella holds degrees from Rhodes University (ZA) and Harare Polytechnic (ZW), graduating summa cum laude. She also studied at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (UK) and earned a Master of Business Administration from the Women’s University in Africa (ZW).