Zimbabwe Programme Staff
Mikael Johansson
Mikael Johansson holds a Master of Laws from the Faculty of Law at Lund University, with specialisation in international human rights law and international humanitarian law. He has been with the Institute since 1991 and has held several positions within the department for international programmes, including head of programmes, and has also functioned as the Institute’s advisor on Strategic Planning and Quality Assurance. He is currently the director of the Institute´s Zimbabwe Programme and Harare Office, and the Institute’s Senior Policy Adviser on Anti-Corruption and Human Rights. From September 2004 to August 2006 Mikael worked at the Embassy of Sweden in Harare, as the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency’s (Sida), Regional Adviser for Democracy and Human Rights for Southern Africa.
Mikael’s work experience covers management of institutional and human rights capacity development programmes and strategic planning and policy development related to development cooperation and human rights, including results based management and application of human rights based approaches to development. He has vast experience in the fields of administration of justice, rule of law and anti-corruption. He is the current coordinator of the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network of Institutes and he is since 2011 member of the Board of Directors of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law.
Isis Sartori Reis
Isis Sartori Reis works with RWI’s human rights capacity development programme for Zimbabwe, as well as with RWI’s China in the World Dialogue and Capacity-Bridging Initiative. Isis’ expertise includes results-based management, human rights and anti-corruption, and gender mainstreaming.
Moreblessing Mbire
Moreblessing currently works with RWI’s human rights capacity development programme for Zimbabwe particularly in the academic cooperation component.
She has more than seven years’ experience working in the human rights sector in Zimbabwe. She has experience in communications, advocacy and project management. Before joining RWI, Moreblessing worked for the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) as the Advocacy and Communications Officer making significant contributions to the promotion of human rights and access to justice.
Moreblessing also has experience working with state institutions including academia, civil society organisations and development partners.
She holds a Master of Arts degree with a specialisation in Human Rights, Development and Social Justice from the Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands), a Bachelor of Laws degree (South Africa) and a Bachelor’s degree in Media and Society Studies (Zimbabwe).
Nellie Madziro
Ashley Muza
Ashley is a recent graduate of Bachelor of Laws Honours degree from Herbert Chitepo Law School at Great Zimbabwe University. She will be working primarly with RWI’s academic cooperation component. She has a considerable background in human hights studies obtained during the course of her degree and human rights related advocacy skills obtained through moot courts participation.
Innocent Mawire
Peacewell Makhurane
Peacewell Makhurane currently works with RWI’s human rights capacity development programme for Zimbabwe particularly under the cooperation with Independent Commissions and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS).
Peacewell completed his Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies Honours Degree in the year 2020 from the Midlands State University. He developed passion and enthusiasm to work towards the protection and promotion of human rights during his internship period at Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) from 2018 to 2019. He has been working with planning and implementation of human rights education, awareness campaigns, outreaches, monitoring and inspection, complaints handling, investigations, developing learning and teaching materials for capacity building and raising awareness of human rights at deferent levels of society.
He is currently studying his Master of Arts in Development Studies Degree which he believes will capacitate him with knowledge and skills to promote values, beliefs and attitudes that encourage all individuals to uphold their own rights and those of others, to empower them, to contribute to the building and promotion of a universal culture of human rights at different levels of society.