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The Namibian lawyer, diplomat and social justice advocate Bience Gawanas has been appointed as the new Chancellor of The University of Warwick.

Bience Philomina Gawanas (born 1956) is a Namibian lawyer who served as Special Adviser on Africa for the United Nations from 2018 to 2020.

Born in Namibia, then illegally occupied by apartheid-driven South Africa, Bience's legal studies began at the University of Western Cape.

Within the framework of the 19th AU summit, Mrs Bience Gawanas, Commissioner for Social Affairs will, on Friday 13 July 2012 at 15h00, hold a.

Bience Gawanas, former Ombudswoman of Namibia.

Born in Namibia, then illegally occupied by apartheid-driven South Africa, Bience's legal studies began at the University of Western Cape.!

Bience Gawanas

Namibian lawyer

Bience Philomina Gawanas
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Born	Namibia
Political party	SWAPO

Bience Philomina Gawanas (born ) is a Namibian lawyer who served as Special Adviser on Africa for the United Nations from to

Earlier in her career, Gawanas served as Commissioner for Social Affairs at the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, from to She was a Commissioner on the Public Service Commission in Namibia from to , and an Ombudswoman in the Namibian Government from to She has also been a lecturer in Gender Law at the University of Namibia, Director of the Board of the Central Bank of Namibia, and involved in many non-governmental organizations including Secretary-General of the Namibian National Women's Organization and patron of Namibian Federation of Persons with Disabilities.

As Chairperson of the Law Reform Commission she oversaw the passage of the Married Persons' Equality Act. The commission also did extensive