Lauren Mellows is the Communications Manager at the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN). She designs and leads ICAN’s communication strategy and works with Program Directors to facilitate timely and quality communication of ICAN’s resources, activities and messages to the public, policymakers, partner organizations and other key audiences.

Lauren was Editorial Manager for an information services company in Nairobi, Kenya for two years, after which she worked as a freelance writer and editor. She has an undergraduate degree from University of Bristol in Politics and Sociology and a Masters in African Studies from the University of Oxford.