Catherine Nyambura
Deputy Director, Social Media Consultant, and Writer, Blogger, Youth Development Specialist in Nakuru, Kenya
Catherine is an enthusiastic young African feminist, Lover of Life and passionate advocate for Women and girls rights. Catherine enjoys exploring and amplifying the convergences between daily lived realities of women and girls with local, national and global policies. Catherine is currently the Deputy Director at Dandelion Kenya and chairs the Women Global Network for Reproductive Rights Alliance Kenya (WAK), a network working towards reduction of maternal mortality attributed to unsafe abortions.
Catherine has engaged with various global policy processes; International Conference on Population & Development (ICPD) Beyond 2014, Beijing+20 reviews and the sustainable development goals in an effort to advance feminist and human rights development frameworks. Catherine sits on the interim steering committee of African CSOs Coalition on Population and Development (ACCPD), a coalition working towards full implementation of ICPD Program of Action in Africa and a member of the African Youth Task Force on Post 2015. Catherine also sits on the SDGs Forum Kenya steering committee, a knowledge Management and peer resource platform for CSOs undertaking the implementation of the SDGs in Kenya including provide technical and advocacy support to Kenyan Government. Catherine has worked to develop her skills in policy advocacy including joining the Kenyan government to the UN during Commission on Population and Development and UN General Assembly in 2015.
Catherine is a 2015/2016 highly commended runner up for Queen’s Young leaders, Women Deliver Young Leader Fellow (2015-2018) and member of Youth RISE International working group. Catherine is blogger with Girls Globe( a global platform articulating perspectives on women and girls rights by bloggers and writers globally) and writes on her column at Rural reporters, (http://ruralreporters.com/author/catherine/), a regional web based platform
Follow her @catherinenyamb1
Find articles about my work and where am featured below
http://yfa.awid.org/2015/07/6884/
http://girlpridecircle.blogspot.co.ke/2015/07/super-girl-of-month-catherine-nyambura.html
thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/5-younger-women-who-are-african-change-makers-you-should-know/