Catherine Nyambura
Catherine is a Mandela Fellow 2016, Women Deliver Young Leader and member of Youth RISE International working group. Catherine is a passionate young African feminist activist with over 7 years of experience in advancing gender equality, youth development and sexual and reproductive health and rights in the context of sustainable development through movement building, digital and social media, policy advocacy and capacity building for young women and adolescents girls. Catherine is currently Deputy Director at Dandelion Kenya, and sits on the SDGs Kenya Forum coordination committee. Catherine has engaged with various global and regional policy processes such as ICPD Beyond 2014 review, Beijing +20 and the post 2015 development agenda. She co-authored the article ‘Leave No One Behind; Will African Women be left behind in the post 2015 development agenda ,an article published on the East African Business Monthly in February 2015. Catherine launched the #SRHRDialogues, an online advocacy and awareness raising platform on SRHR and #YAFDialogues, an online platform anticipated to be a permanent mobilizing platforms borne out of an African feminist dialogue 2015 in Accra. Follow her on Twitter: @catherinenyamb1-
AFRICAN COUNTRIES TOGETHER WITH THE AFRICAN UNION DECLARE WAR AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE
by Catherine Nyambura - Dec 17, 2015The world has slowly become conscientized as we head towards becoming a global village, more emphasis is being laid to ensure that peace, justice and human rights is achieved. Even though governments may not set out... -
THE STATUS OF AFRICAN WOMEN- BBC GLOBAL QUESTIONS COMES TO NAIROBI.
by Catherine Nyambura - Nov 25, 2015I like to consider myself social and especially now that we live in the digital age, social media grants me the opportunity to engage with the world, learn and voice my opinions on issues from the... -
AFRICAN VERSION OF #WETHEPEOPLES; DELVING DEEPER
by Catherine Nyambura - Oct 19, 2015For the people by the people is how they describe Democracy, the UN charter that preambles with the #WeThePeoples goes ahead to elaborately articulate all manner of noble intentions governments and individuals who crafted the charter... -
THE WORLD OPENS A NEW CHAPTER, ONE THAT SHOULD LAST 15 YEARS.
by Catherine Nyambura - Oct 5, 2015Life Continues to move on, no matter what happens, who dies, who is born, who becomes famous, who gets elected or who gets hurt. We find ourselves in the middle of all this, trapped, watching, participating,... -
AN INCUBATION HUB WHERE PASSION, POTENTIAL MEETS WORLD CLASS COACHING..
by Catherine Nyambura - Sep 3, 2015Africa currently boasts of a youthful population with a whole 70% of its population youthful below 35 years. This characterizes a demographic phase in which the cradle of mankind is youthful, energetic and embodying promise. This... -
DANDELION KENYA & GCAP KENYA ENABLE MAKE YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT A REALITY FOR ALL YOUTH INCLUDING YOUTH RURAL NAKURU
by Catherine Nyambura - Aug 25, 2015We always speak of young people, quite a lot I must say and in all manner of inflections, be it the potential they embody for the world, the high unemployment rates, the rising waves of extremism... -
YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN KENYA, A DILEMMA AMIDST SOARING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
by Catherine Nyambura - Aug 10, 2015By Yegon Emmanuel In the recent past, Kenya has been facing lots of challenges with regard to youth unemployment, poverty and inequality. There have been lots of cases of crime reported and the most recurrent reason... -
AFRICAN WOMEN DAY; CHECKING IN WITH YOUNG AFRICAN FEMINISTS
by Catherine Nyambura - Jul 31, 2015Today being an African woman and especially a feminist means confronting dynamic realities. Africa like the rest of the world is at the verge of exciting discoveries in technologies, new frontiers in governance, democratization and economic... -
POTUS IN KENYA; #OBAMAINKENYA, WHAT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT
by Catherine Nyambura - Jul 27, 2015The fever is over, POTUS came and left, a number of things stood out and various manifestations were seen. I will not attempt to summarize the proceedings but point out a few highlights. As a young... -
FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT- THE WORLD AT A DEFINING MOMENT
by Catherine Nyambura - Jul 19, 2015Tax, illicit financial flows and global economy are words that keep ringing in my ears, for the past few months leading and upto the third international conference on financing for development held in Addis Ababa from...