Wambui Mwangi

Experience

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  The Cradle - Children's Foundation

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Access to Justice Intern

  The Cradle is a Children’s Foundation that protects and promotes the rights of the child by enhancing access to justice for the child and providing psychosocial support to children who have undergone trauma.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------As a legal Intern, I provided legal advice and support on access to justice for indigent children in Nairobi.

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  Girl Child Network Kenya

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Legal Program Officer

  The Girl Child Network is I coordinated the implementation of a Comic Relief-funded, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response project in Imenti South, Meru County.Highlights:• Recruited and managed two project staff.• Managed capacity building by preparing training materials and delivering trainings to women and youth groups on Gender-Based Violence prevention and response, as well as through trainings in schools on preventing and responding to GBV.• Provided legal aid and counsel on child protection at Nkubu Court Committee.• Collaborated with the Children’s Office in developing a rapid response function to Gender-Based Violence. Show less

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  TAWLA TANZANIA WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

  Program Officer

  Tanzania Women Lawyers Association is an NGO committed to the professional advancement of its members and the promotion of women and children’s rights and good governance.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My role involved supporting campaigns and advocacy on women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and land rights in Tanzania.Highlights:• Provided legal counsel on women’s participation in large-scale land acquisitions to district land officers.• Co-authored an article on women’s participation in large-scale land acquisitions in Kisarawe District, Tanzania.• Prepared Civil Society reports on elimination of discrimination against women, for the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Maputo Protocol.• Led 10 NGOs in developing women’s rights reports for the Universal Periodic Review of Tanzania. Show less

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  FIDA KENYA

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

  Legal Counsel

  FIDA works towards the promotion of women’s individual and collective power to claim their rights in all spheres of life through networks of individuals and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) in Kenya.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In my role of Legal Counsel with FIDA, I provided legal aid and assistance in the areas of women’s land rights, domestic violence, defilement, succession, divorce, custody and maintenance, and division of matrimonial property for marginalized and indigent women and children. Highlights:• Provided legal counsel to women and children and supervised 2 program interns.• Led research on systemic women and children’s rights violations in Kenya.• Facilitated mediation for family conflicts, succession, custody and maintenance cases.• Trained community support structures in West Pokot on the national legal frameworks on the protection of women’s property rights.• Represented FIDA at meetings with partners and at Kisumu County Gender Technical Working Groups. Show less

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  Cordaid

  Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

  Research Fellow ► Security and Justice Unit

  Cordaid is a Catholic organization for relief and development aid working in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to increase resilience, reduce fragility and vulnerability of people.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------As a Research Fellow at the Security and Justice Unit, I conducted research on gender-based violence in crises, with focus on security and justice in South Sudan. I also drafted a report on addressing the justice needs of women and children in South Sudan. Show less

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  Legal Action Worldwide

  Mar 2018 - Dec 2019

  Legal Officer
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  Akili Dada

  Nov 2019 - Jan 2020

  Co-researcher

  Akili Dada is a leadership incubator cultivating transformative leadership in young African woman, particularly adolescent girls in the areas of investment, leadership development, feminist movement building and advocacy, and mentorship.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I conducted research on Top 10 counties in Kenya with the highest rates of teenage pregnancies.

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  White Ribbon Alliance

  Jan 2020 - Feb 2020

  Co-consultant ► Sexual and Reproductive Health Baseline Survey

  I conducted a Baseline Survey on access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services by women living with disabilities in Bungoma and Makueni counties.

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  Africa Capacity Alliance

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

  Consultant ► Policy Development & Review

  As Co-Consultant, I conducted a desk review of restrictive CSO laws and policies in 9 countries in the East and Horn of Africa, and prepared policy briefs for Africa Capacity Alliance and Save the Children International.

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  HiiL | User-friendly Justice

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Lead Consultant
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  Faith to Action Network

  Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

  Gender Justice Technical Lead

  I developed a faith-based gender assessment methodology aimed at promoting gender equality in faith institutions. The methodology provides faith institutions with a systematic approach to assessing their structures and norms using a gender lens. The methodology was also successfully pre-tested with six faith institutions across Kenya, Egypt, South Sudan, and Palestine.I also led the implementation of a multi-country project that sought to empower over 17,540 young women and 27 women's rights and faith-based organizations in Egypt, Kenya, Palestine, and South Sudan. The project's goal was to enhance their agency, awareness, advocacy, and accountability for women's rights through four interconnected and intrinsically linked pathways. My role was to oversee the project, ensuring its successful implementation and transformative impact. Show less

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  Equality Now

  Feb 2022 - now

  Program Officer- Legal Equality

  As a program manager, I lead the implementation of two significant projects aimed at advancing the All for the Maputo Protocol campaign. Firstly, I am responsible for providing thought leadership and stewarding the implementation of a regional program aimed at advancing gender equality and women's empowerment in Africa. The program seeks to strengthen the capacities of 4 regional economic communities, namely ECCAS, ECOWAS, SADC, and IGAD, to encourage their Member States to ratify, domesticate, implement, and report on the Maputo Protocol, CEDAW, and the ILO Convention No. 100 on Equal Remuneration. Secondly, I oversee the implementation of the Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Program, which aims to end violence against women and girls in Africa. Under this program, we support civil society organizations in developing shadow/alternative reports on the implementation of the Maputo Protocol by AU member states. Additionally, we have conducted a continental study to map and assess the status of ratification, domestication, and implementation of international and regional women's rights instruments on ending violence against women and girls. The study also highlights member states' measures in the form of developing national action plans on EVAWG. Through this project, we have strengthened the capacities of CSOs to engage in advocacy at the AU and UN levels, including leveraging the ACHPR's Ordinary Sessions as spaces for strategic advocacy. Show less