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-
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL HEALTH- THE UNSPOKEN TRUTHS
by Catherine Nyambura - Jan 14, 2015In our efforts to solve world problems, we have discovered all manner of things, some factual and sensible according to the dictates of science. Some have not been so sensible and attempts to unpackage their origin,... -
Kenya: Young Naomi Is Determined To Break Patriarchal Norms
by Catherine Nyambura - Jan 9, 2015Naomi Mumbi is a girl whose resilience, positive outlook and zest for life is inspiring especially to her peers. Naomi has decided, and is on her way to what she wants for herself, to be a... -
Understanding Sexual Reproductive and Health Rights in the Post 2015 Era
by Catherine Nyambura - Jan 3, 2015First of all is to wish Rural Reporters and its loyal readership a Happy New 2015. I intend to write the entire year with the aim of ensuring more people, especially young people from Africa, are... -
Setting Stage To Welcome 2015 And The SDGs
by Catherine Nyambura - Dec 29, 2014In efforts to advocate for various issues of interest in their fields of specialization, young people have continuously engaged with the processes that feed into the post 2015 development agenda. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights... -
UN Secretary General’s Synthesis Report To Set Stage For Intergovernmental Negotiations On Post 2015 Agenda
by Catherine Nyambura - Dec 15, 2014By Catherine Nyambura and Lennox Yieke On the 4th of December, 2014, the advance unedited Synthesis Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Post-2015 Agenda was released in New York, U.S. The report, which discussed... -
BUILDING MOMENTUM FROM 16DAYS OF ACTIVISM FOR SUSTAINABLE ADVOCACY AGAINST GBV
by Catherine Nyambura - Dec 11, 2014Yesterday, 10th December, 2014, was the last day of the 16 day activism Against GBV which officially started on November 25th 2015. This, however, does not mean that we stop discussing Gender Based Violence until the... -
WHERE WE ARE; 30 YEARS SINCE KENYA DOCUMENTED FIRST HIV CASE
by Catherine Nyambura - Dec 3, 2014Change is said to be the only permanent thing in the world, it comes in many forms and we have learnt to deal with it. However, when the HIV epidemic hit, the world was almost brought... -
Resounding And Renewed Support For Gender Equality
by Catherine Nyambura - Nov 26, 2014Civil Society organizations from all over Africa met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 14-16th November 2014, to review the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, discuss the status of Gender equality in Africa and give their... -
Applying Lessons From Women’s Conference In Beijing To Post-2015 Agenda
by Catherine Nyambura - Nov 12, 2014The year 1995 is always cited as the year women went to Beijing and came back to start “revolutions” in their countries. The “revolutions” as I have stated, involved action plans that covered the following; deliberate... -
Child Marriage Or Forced Marriage: Where Do We Draw The Line?
by Catherine Nyambura - Nov 6, 2014Last week on Kenyan Television, we were told of harrowing story of a girl in Kajiado County who, at 14years, had a child from being raped by a relative. To add insult to injury, there were...