Wangari Tharao

Wangari Tharao, M.Ed., is a CBR researcher and the Director of Research and Programs at Women’s Health in Women’s Hands (WHIWH), a community health centre that provides primary healthcare services for African, Caribbean, Black, Latin American and South Asian women in Toronto. She has co-founded several local, provincial, national and international networks including, the African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO), the Canadian HIV/AIDS Black, African and Caribbean Network (CHABAC) and the African and Black Diaspora Global Network on HIV and AIDS (ABDGN) to support Black populations in the global North in their response to HIV/AIDS. Wangari is a graduate of OISE, University of Toronto.