About 

Ouleye Ndoye is a global leader in human rights with over a decade of experience in government, non-profits, and academia. She advocates for the health and education of people from underprivileged communities around the world. Working on the front lines of many of the world’s most critical global issues, she is passionate about improving the health and education of women and children. She has dedicated her academic pursuits to these issues. Ndoye earned her bachelor's degree in international studies from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude with honors; then earned her master of science in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford, UK; and master of arts in Global History with a concentration on Africa from Columbia University in the City of New York.

Ouleye Ndoye is committed to bridging the academic-practitioner gap and has received numerous scholarships and fellowships to live, work, study, and teach in the field of human rights in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. These include the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship in Cairo, Egypt; the Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship to work with African asylum seekers in Israel; and administering the USAID grant to support the Women’s Health Education and Prevention Strategies Alliance’s work with girls rural Senegal. Ndoye lived and worked in SE Asia as a Luce Scholar for over one year, working to rehabilitate survivors of child sex-trafficking and prevent future exploitation along Thailand’s borders with Myanmar and Laos in the northern province of Chiang Rai — known to many as “The Golden Triangle.”

Most recently, Ndoye served as the inaugural Senior Human Trafficking Fellow for the city of Atlanta, part of Mayor Bottom's Executive team. In this role, she collaborated closely with The Partnership for Freedom, "a public-private partnership dedicated to promoting innovative solutions to end modern day slavery in the United States and around the world."

Ndoye is passionate about maternal health and well-being. She completed the Postpartum Doula training with DONA International, and to this end, founded the Ministry of Motherhood at Ebenezer Baptist Church to support mothers on the road from pregnancy to the early years of parenting. She also serves on the Board of Motherhood Beyond Bars, the only nonprofit organization in the state of Georgia offering health education, advocacy and support for incarcerated pregnant women and the families that take in their newborn babies.

Passionate about the betterment of society at home and abroad, Ouleye Ndoye continues to dedicate her work and intellectual pursuits to causes that support women and children’s rights in the United States and around the world.