Mausi Segun

Mausi Segun is the Executive Director, Africa division at Human Rights Watch. With a law degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and an LLM human rights law from University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), as a British Chevening scholar, Mausi has over 30 years of experience in legal and human rights practice.

She leads a team of 23 staff working on human rights issues in 25 African countries including terrorism and counterterrorism, conflicts, cycles of communal violence, humanitarian and refugee crises, sexual violence against women and girls, repression of journalists, activists, and political opposition as well as on natural resource exploitation and environmental rights.

A keen writer and researcher, Mausi has published reports, articles and opinion pieces for major African and international news media and is a much sought-after analyst and conference speaker. She serves on the board of several human rights organizations and associations across Africa and beyond.