Biography
of Baby Penny Tyawa
Baby Penny Tyawa
was born on 31 May 1959.
Baby was caught
up in the student uprising while doing form 4 (grade 11), arrested
under the notorious Section 6 of the Internal Security Act and detained
without trial for almost 18 months. She was a founder member of
the Congress of South African Students (COSAS - 1981).
She enrolled
for a BA degree in Psychology with Unisa and did her post-graduate
studies with the University of Western Cape. Through her studies
she was active in the then Federation of Transvaal Women. Baby has
a Masters Degree (M Ed.) in Educational Psychology from Manchester
University in the United Kingdom.
After obtaining
her degree, she taught part-time in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
In 1994, she worked at Matla Trust (Gender Desk on Voter Education).
She was a full-time psychologist at Forest Town for Learners with
Cerebral Palsy and Specific Learning Disability.
Baby was an intern
psychologist at the Counselling and Careers Unit: Psychotherapy,
for students and staff at Wits University in 1996. From 1997 to 2001,
she worked at Wits University's Specialised Education School of
Human and Community Development as a lecturer and course co-ordinator.Baby is a registered Psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.
She joined GCIS in Pretoria in 2002, as Chief Director: Policy and Research.
In August 2007, Baby was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer: Strategy and Content Management, at GCIS.
In January 2008, Baby was appointed by
President Thabo Mbeki to the board of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA), for a three-year term.
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