Prof Shirley Kaye Randell

Shirley is a leading expert in education, public sector and institutional reform in developing countries and in gender mainstreaming and human rights for women, and has provided specialist technical assistance to governments in the Asia Pacific region and in Africa for the past 16 years. She is the founding director of the Centre for Gender, Culture and Development Studies at the Kigali Institute of Education in Rwanda, East Africa. She has received numerous awards and honours for her work, including being decorated as an Officer of the Order of Australia and being named one of the 10 global Inaugural Australian Women of Influence. She has organised international conferences and leads tours for various organisations. She also serves as a patron and board member for several women's organizations.