Position: Lecturer and Chairperson Department: Environmental Studies and Community Development Contact Address: P.O. Box 43844, 00100-Nairobi, Kenya. Telephone: +254 (2)-8710901-19 (ext. 57-220) Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Download Full CV

Education PhD, MEd, Kenyatta University, Environmental Studies and Community Development BEd, University of Nairobi, Education (Honors) Research areas Gender and Environment, Community Resource Management, Mobile Money Technology and Poverty Alleviation, Women and Micro-finance

Research / Publications

• The Use of Mobile Money Services and Platforms among the Visually Impaired in Kenya: An Impact on Poverty Reduction. 2012. (Ongoing)

• Mobile Money Services and Poverty Reduction: A study of Women’s  Groups in Rural Eastern Kenya. 2011-ongoing.

• • Website: http://www.imtfi.uci.edu/

• The Kenyan Handicraft Industry and Environmental Sustainability: The Case of Mwala District, Kenya
  • Website: http://isdrc17.ei.columbia.edu/

• A study of attitudes of primary school pupils from the slums of Nairobi towards environmental problems.
  • Website: http://www.researchkenya.org/?ID=6143&search=Environmental+education

• The impact of HIV and AIDS on the family and environmental management efforts in Kenya: Regional Conference on HIV/AIDS and the Family, AAWORD-K, Nairobi, Kenya.

Presentations

• International Conference on Mobile Money at the Institute of Money,Technology and Financial Inclusion, 4th -6th Dec 2011, University of California, Irvine, USA.

Website: http://www.imtfi.uci.edu

• Mobile Money Services and Poverty Reduction: A study of 21 Women Groups in Rural Eastern Kenya

Presented at:
1st Africa Mobile Money Research International Conference (AMMREC 2012), 2nd  and 3rd April, Nairobi Kenya.
Website: http://ammrec.uonbi.ac.ke/

Projects and consultancies

• NEPAD: training of women in Eastern Province on resource mobilization and investment 2007-2010. Project: Enhancing Women’s Capacity to Participate In Resource Mobilization and Investment Programmes In Kenya: Investing in Women for Lasting Change
• AWDF: Training women on human rights in marginalized communities in Nairobi (2008).
• Global fund for women: Training on economic empowerment, violence against women and human rights Nairobi 2006-2008.
• UNICEF (Addis Ababa): Training on Sexual Exploitation in Humanitarian conditions for UN Staff – March 2003
• UNICEF (Addis Ababa): Training of Trainers for Humanitarian Workers on sexual Exploitation in Humanitarian conditions – May 2003
• UNICEF (Addis Ababa): Evaluation on Training Progress for TOTs – March 2004.

Membership in Professional Organizations

• Treasurer, Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD)
• Member Center for Research and Information of Low-External input and sustainable Agriculture (ILEIA)
• Member, East African Environment Network (EAEN)
• Member, Women in Development and Environment group. (WIDEN)