Dr Lombe Mwambwa joins the Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport as its first-ever Research Director in October 2022 with the support of the University of Lausanne (UNIL), one of our co-founding partners, where she will also be a member of its Institute of Sport Sciences.
For the past 18 years, she has worked with sport associations, leaders of sport for development organisations, and sport policy makers in Southern Africa and in international contexts. An experienced development practitioner, her research, advocacy, and practice have focused on issues of inequalities within sport and on the use of sport to address societal inequalities.
She is an Alum of the University of Zambia and the Southern African Regional Centre for Women's Law at University of Zimbabwe. Her doctoral research completed at the University of Chichester, UK, examined the experiences of women sport leaders within the African Union Sports Council.
Dr Mwambwa is also Secretary General at the National Organisation for Women in Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation (NOWSPAR) in Zambia. Her areas of interest include women, leadership, and protection from violence, and she has supported leadership development and safeguarding initiatives in sport organisations across Africa, Asia, and Europe.