Mme Dorothy K. Toomann

Dorothy Kwennah Toomann is a Liberian Gender Consultant, Peace Activist, and Development Specialist with extensive experience in rights-based work with women, youth, and marginalized communities. A former Executive Director of the Development Education Network-Liberia (DEN-L), she now serves as a Gender Consultant at DEN-L and has worked with initiatives like the Multi-Stakeholder Forest Governance and Accountability Project (MFGAP).

In 2020, she contested as an Independent Candidate in Bong County’s Special Senatorial Elections. Dorothy was a co-organizer of the Liberian Women Mass Action for Peace, advocating for an end to Liberia’s civil war. She holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies from Kimmage Development Studies Centre, Ireland, and has earned numerous certificates in community development, advocacy, peacebuilding, and gender studies.