Marieta de Vos

Marieta lives in Cape Town, South Africa and is the Executive Director of Mosaic. She has been with the organisation for 8 years and is committed to the fight against gender-based violence in South Africa. She studied demography at tertiary level and started her career in the Government in 1983 where she gained experience in the Departments of Education, Health and Social Development. She was particularly involved with policy development, training of development workers, gender issues, and funding of development projects. She joined the NGO sector in 1997 and has also managed a job skills training centre in Stellenbosch. 

She now manages a staff of over 50 people and 4 main programmes focused on services for abused people, mainly women and female youth. Marieta serves on various national and local forums and working groups addressing women’s issues. She is married and has a daughter of 13 years.