Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe is a Cameroonian human rights defender and leader of the Central African Human Rights Defenders Network (REDHAC). Since 2010, she has been leading REDHAC in its efforts to promote civic space and fundamental freedoms throughout Central Africa through investigations of human rights abuses, advocacy before regional human rights bodies, monitoring of democratic processes, and demanding state accountability. Mbe’s work also expands to protecting human rights defenders, promoting LGBTQ rights and fighting against impunity.

Maximilienne’s persistence in the face of consistent threats and reprisals, and her dedication to the advancement of human rights permeates through Central Africa as she inspires communities of human rights defenders to stand up against repressive regimes.