Jamila Sulu is a Human Rights Lawyer and an International Development Practitioner with expertise in the field of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Climate Change. She previously worked with the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance in Tanzania from 2007 to 2019 after which she relocated to The Netherlands and became the Chairperson of the Widows and Orphans Development Foundation (WODF) from 2020 while also serving of Project Advisor for WODF Tanzania.

She holds a master’s degree (M.A Development Studies majoring in Human Rights, Gender and Conflict Studies) from The Hague-based International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB) from Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College, and a Diploma in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Centre for Foreign Relations in Tanzania.

Her areas of expertise include International Human Rights Law, Diplomacy, International Development, Gender, Corporate Social Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing, Business and the Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Finance, Climate Change and the Decarbonisation target of Net Zero. 

Jamila speaks English, Dutch and Swahili, and lives in The Netherlands.