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This Expert's name is NJERI KIMOTHO

This Expert's occupation is Global Gender Equality & Social Inclusion Expert and International Policy Advisor
This Expert's location is Nairobi, Kenya
This Expert's nationality is Kenyan

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Professional Experience

  • Philanthropy Advisors

    Apr 2022 - Present
    Gender Equality & Social Inclusion AND Diversity Advisor – Implement an inclusive strategic planning process rooted in a feminist and intersectional perspective and deliver a new organizational Theory of Change (ToC) and subsequent operational guiding frameworks for Women Strong International operations and future programming; 1). Integrate an intersectional approach, specifically with regards to gender equality in analyzing the impact of the support provided to grantee partners, Learning Lab partners, women, and girls; 2). Develop and conduct awareness training on power, privilege, and assumption for Philanthropy Advisors experts; 3). Embed the Do No Harm principle in planning process.
  • Yarrow Global Consulting

    Sep 2021 - Present
    Intersectional Feminist Advisor – Development of consultancy proposal to provide technical support on gender dimension in lobby & advocacy program; 1). Developing and setting up a GESI framework for health & climate change programme; 2). Analyzing environments and policy for inclusive trade; 3). Exchange, learning and managing knowledge; 4). Thought leadership on rethinking North-South relationships from a gender perspective; 5). Capacity building and training tools development.
  • Fair & Sustainable Consulting

    Aug 2021 - Sep 2022
    Gender Equality and Social Inclusion(GESI) Technical Support – Development of consultancy proposal to carry out gender analysis and provide recommendations targeted at gender transformation; 1). Respond to call for proposals whilst integrating intersectional feminist frameworks in approaches, methodologies, and secondary context analysis; 2) Carry out an extensive literature review to gain insight and a better understanding of context-based gender and social relations; 3) Curate a mix of intersectional gender analysis frameworks, develop appropriate sex and gender-disaggregated data collection tools. In pursuance of this, design different questionnaires and interview checklists.

Education

  • Kenyatta University

    Graduated 2022
    MA - Gender and Development Studies
  • Honoris United Universities

    Graduated 2022
    Africa Women Entrepreneurship Accelerator
  • Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands

    Graduated 2019
    Civil Society Gender, lobby & advocacy
  • Moshi - Sokoine Agriculture University

    Graduated 2008
    BA - Cooperative Management ( Strategic leadership & Management Option)

Publications

  • Decolonizing development: Southern Feminism and indigenous knowledges leading civil society program

    Published Dec 2022
  • GBA+ stakeholder analysis and Gender Power analysis toolkit

    Published Sep 2021
  • Gender mainstreaming solutions: The gender inclusivity buckets book

    Published Jan 2019

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