Hazel Maureen Danetta Dixon

Regional Desk Officer, African Union Commission, Ethiopia

Hazel Dixon is the regional desk officer of the Civil Division for the Citizens and Diaspora Organizations Directive (CIDO). In this role, she coordinates engagement of civil society organizations with the African Union (AU) Commission, African Union organs, and African Union member states. She provides expert advice and guidance on the planning and formulation of strategic options for inclusion of civil society organizations and non-state actors in the affairs of the African Union. Ms. Dixon is deeply convinced of the need to implement the AU vision and the Constitutive Act to have a people-centered, people-driven union. To this end, she has supported development of platforms to ease the interaction between AU and non-state actors including trade unions, youth, women, and faith-based organizations. She has facilitated the Civil Society Organization Division’s engagement in various Africa partnerships, and her work with interfaith mechanisms focuses on exploring and utilizing the rich and diverse faiths on the continent as a tool for building resilience and supporting the AU’s vision of integration and development.