Phinah Kodisang

Phinah Kodisang is the CEO and executive board member of the Soul City Institute for Social Justice, an award-winning intersectional feminist organisation based in Johannesburg, South Africa. A feminist leader with over 20 years of experience in development, advocacy, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), she is committed to gender equality and women’s empowerment. Phinah holds a master’s degree in Social Development from the University of Wales (Swansea). Her contributions have earned national recognition, including being named one of the Mail & Guardian’s 50 Powerful Women in 2021 and receiving the Quote This Woman+ Voice of 2022 award in the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) category. She was also honored as a Justice Champ at the 2022 African Women’s Summit in Kigali. Among her achievements are establishing Hillbrow’s first adolescent-friendly HIV clinic and groundbreaking talk show that interrogates feminist politics and unapologetically challenges patriarchy.