Angela Martins

Ms.  Angela Martins is the Acting Director for Social Development, Culture, and Sport and Head of Culture and Sport at the African Union Commission’s Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development. With extensive experience in social development, culture and sport on the continent, she has played a pivotal role in shaping Africa’s social development agenda working in issues such as: child protection, labor, employment and migration, people living with disabilities, combatting harmful practices, drug control and crime prevention, culture and sports.

Ms. Martins  has led key continental initiatives in the area of social development, culture and sport including the promotion of the campaign on ending child marriage, advocacy campaign for the ratification of various AU protocols including the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance, the Statute of the African Audio-Visual and Cinema Commission (AACC), the development and endorsement of the Social and Solidarity Economy Strategy,  the promotion of the Migration Policy Framework for Africa (MPFA) and Plan of Action, the endorsement of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights of Citizens to Social Protection and Social Security; the establishment of the Southern Africa Network of Traditional Leaders in Drug Demand Reduction to widen the reach of community interventions for drug dependency prevention, treatment and care and the drafting of the AU Model Law on the Protection of Cultural Property and Heritage.