Odette MUKANSORO has worked more than 7 years with DiDé Foundation (Dignité en Détention) RWANDA as Regional Representative and since March 2020 is the Executive Director of DIDE RWANDA. She is a Social Scientist with more than 25 years experience in the areas of social protection, prisons system,Human right, Peace building, project management, child and social protection, psychosocial support, gender, gender-based violence, women economic empowerment, health and HIV program design, implementation, health system strenghtening, quality improvement and evaluation.

She is an expert in organizational and institutional capacity building, research as well as community-based interventions, advocacy for ownership and accountability for interventions related to people in conflicts with the law and other vulnerable groups (People living with HIV, SGBV victims, adolescents, prisoners and people with disabilities).
She also has extensive experience working with the Government, PEPFAR, CDC, USAID, UN, EU,WBI,DDC, Foundation-funded programs and Civil Society Organizations. Prior to joining DiDé, Mrs. Mukansoro served ICAP-Columbia University, Projet San Francisco, Croix-Rouge de Belgique in varying capacities. She holds a MA in Development Studies from the University of Rwanda. Co founder of DiDe , Bengerana organisation and board member of Réseau des Femmes Oeuvrant pour le Developpement rural
Odette, mother of 3 children.