Who is Judicaelle Irakoze?

This could be the usual introduction Judicaelle often uses: “ I am afro-political feminist doing disruptive work and serving communities. But that isn’t enough because there are a lot of things

 Burundian born and US-educated, Judicaelle is a recognized organizer, a thought leader on women’s rights, feminist movement building, African politics affairs, youth development, immigrant rights, refugee integration, project building and management,  women’s entrepreneurship, sexual and reproductive rights, and many more

She is an advocate whose work exists at the intersections of human rights and social justice. Her purpose filled activism has sparkled national and global dialogue on gender based violence, racial equity, economic and social development of the African continent and the global diaspora

Judicaelle has worked on different research projects, from documenting, organizing case studies, evaluating, monitoring and baseline recommendations mostly offering disruptive community-led change.

She works as facilitator engaged in critical analysis and collective organizing part of different movements. She has moderated different conversations from Horasis Global gathering of business leaders to summits at the United Nations.

Judicaelle was chosen as the 2019 European Commission Young leader on Migration and the G20 young global Changer on gender equality at the Global Solutions Initiatives.
Judicaelle currently serves as the President of the board and Executive Director at Choose Yourself , and does multiple consultancy work with multilateral Organizations such as Mama Network, UN women, UNHCR, Civicus Alliance, Plan International,… She works on research , monitor and evaluation for organizations interested in shifting the power and doing well by the communities they serve
Judicalle is also a published author. Her short story ” Mamouchka” was published in the Anthology ” a season of building houses”. She writes regularly as a contributor at African Feminisms and on Her patreon . Her writings have been published in diverse news outlets such as : Essence, Press Herald,…
But that’s what she does, Ms Irakoze is simply a woman invested in a free and just world for all.

Interested in booking Judicaelle?

Either it’s consultancy work, or a facilitator, a moderator? or project designing? or speaking engagements, keynote speaker or anything else? We are eager to hear from you