Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng is a South African black woman, born in Qwa-Qwa in the Free State province, attended medical school and graduated in 2007 from University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. She has immersed herself into advocacy for Sexual and Reproductive health and over the years she has been involved in regional and global advocacy work and also run a clinical practice in Johannesburg.

The themes of her work include LGBTIQA rights, Transgender health, access to safe and legal abortion, comprehensive sexual health education, healthcare provider and implementer training, public health communication, sex work decriminalization.

She is the vice-chairperson of the Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition (SRJC), a member of Global Doctor’s for Choice, a member of Soul City Institute for Social Justice’s Board and the Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) Board as well as the Global Advisory Board for Reckitt Benckiser’s Durex,

She facilitates community dialogues about sexual and reproductive health and rights, relationships and gender dynamics in partnership with various government departments and civil society groups.  She has made submissions to the Inter-ministerial Technical Committee task team on the National Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Framework Strategy.

In 2016, she was chair of the Gauteng provincial health department’s session and keynote speaker at the launch of the regional Sex Rights Africa Network at the 21st International AIDS Conferences.

She was a delegate at the Women’s parliament in commemoration of the 60^th Anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March, 2016.

In 2017, she is a delegate of the International Sexual and Reproductive Rights Caucus at the United Nations’ 50^th Commission on Population Development in New York, a member of the organizing committee and Chair of Track 3 of the 8^th National HIV/AIDS conference and was recently at the post G20 summit roundtable on Women’s health in Berlin, delegate at the International Convention in Uruguay.

She contributes to radio, television and print as a key opinion leader with media coverage across platforms in South Africa as well as global regions including, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Liberia, Nigeria, India, United Kingdom, Uruguay and New York.  Some of her works can be seen and has been featured on Al Jazeera’s “The Cure”, The Guardian newspaper (UK), The Sunday Times (RSA), Jakarta Post (India), Amnesty International, WNGR radio (New York), BBC Africa and BBC Radio.

She was the 2016 Sex Educator for the Department of Higher learning and education’s Youth prevention program  (HEAIDS) and produced and presented a 12 part sexual health video series.

She was recognized one of “120 Under 40” leaders by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at Johns Hopkins School of Public health as a new generation leader in family planning globally, for the media advocacy work and was also named one of Mail & Guardian’s “200 Young South Africans”.

She was also ranked in the 2016 list of the Most Influential Young South Africans by Avance Media.

She believes in, and is creating a future informed by an intersectional sexual and reproductive justice perspective for marginalized communities, young people, black women and those of various sexual orientation and gender identities to ensure dignity and bodily integrity.

In 2017 Africa Youth Awards named him among the 100 Most Influential Young Africans, an initiative instituted to promote African youth movements and achieving and also restoring excellence in the works of young people across Africa.