Mutual Aid and COVID-19 in London: Understanding Community Resilience

Professor Okech's teaching, and research sits at the nexus of gender, sexuality, conflict, and security studies. Alongside her teaching, Professor Okech also serves as the founding Director of the Feminist Centre for Racial Justice that focuses on the majority world as geographies from which to build feminist imaginaries of “race”.

Prior to joining SOAS, Professor Okech worked for over a decade in the development sector across various sub-regions in Africa, supporting women rights organisations and local movements working at the intersection of gender and conflict. This work remains central to her research, teaching and public facing work. 

Wadeisor Rukato is an independent researcher and former African Leadership Centre Peace and Security Fellow. She is an experienced researcher and analyst with over five years of experience in international development, peace and security, and public policy. She works at the intersection of research and policy advisory aimed at solving complex problems for government and private sector stakeholders. She is deeply passionate about African development, which is evident in both  professional work and my personal research and creative practice. Her core areas of regional expertise are Southern Africa, East Africa and China – where she spent two years based in Beijing studying and working at China’s top university.