Prof. Ngare is the immediate former Director for the Centre for Gender Equity and Empowerment at Kenyatta University (KU), and a Research Associate at the Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub (KU-WEE) leading the Policy and Advocacy docket. This is an initiative under the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on what works for Women’s Economic Empowerment.  Grace […]

Everlyne Komba is an international Gender, Governance, Human Rights and Development expert with 10 years of experience. She has major competencies in matters of Public Policy Development, Analysis and Research, Access to Gender Justice, Gender-based Violence, Gender programming, Ending Harmful Traditional practices and Child Protection, Monitoring and Evaluation, Gender Responsive Budgeting. Gender mainstreaming and Inclusion, […]

Virginia Nduta is the Executive Director of Women’s Empowerment Link (www.wel.or.ke) she holds a masters of Arts in Education Gender and International Development from the University of London and a Bachelors in Community Development from Kenyatta University. Virginia has specialised expertise in the design and quality assurance of gender equality and women empowerment programs; She […]

Maureen Miruka is Country Director at CARE International in Kenya. She previously has held various roles within the Food and Water Systems Department at CARE USA as follows: Director of Gender, Youth and Livelihoods; Director of Agriculture and Market Systems; Team Leader of the flagship Women in Agriculture Program-Pathways; and as Principal Research Scientist at […]

Azetse Were is a development economist with over ten years of experience working in Africa on Economic Research, Analysis and Strategy Development with a focus on Macroeconomics, Manufacturing, Private Sector Development, the Informal Economy, Finance Systems, and Trade and Investment. She has a Master’s in Economics from the University of Sydney (Australia) and a Bachelor’s […]

Bernadette Wanjala is an economist with extensive experience in research and teaching at the university. She is currently the Research Director at the Strathmore University Business School (Nairobi, Kenya). In addition to the administrative role, she is also a faculty member where she teaches various postgraduate courses. Her areas of interest include public policy analysis […]