Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg Email & Phone Number

Rome, Lazio, IT

Founded and scaled Black Women in Executive Leadership (B-WEL) including on-boarding my successor Executive Director

Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

The Africa Food Prize is the preeminent award recognizing an outstanding individual or institution that is leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa—from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives

Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

London, England, GB

Dakar, Dakar, SN

The Malabo Montpellier Panel is a high-level panel of independent experts that supports African governments and civil society identify and implement policies that enhance agriculture, food and nutrition security across the continent.

New York, New York, US

Scale Black Women in Executive Leadership (B-WEL), a global initiative focused on improving the numbers, experiences, and impact of Black women in senior and executive leadership across sectors. Also working closely with Ford’s director for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice International, the BUILD team, and Ford’s fellowship team to inform the.

New York, US

Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is an Executive-In-Residence currently designing and building a global initiative focused on Black women senior leaders. She also serves as an advisor and ambassador to the Rise program and supports the Talent Engine programs at Schmidt Futures integrate global perspectives and a social inclusion lens into their work. She.

New York, US

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

Twaweza means “we can make it happen” in Swahili. Twaweza works on enabling children to learn, citizens to exercise agency and governments to be more open and responsive in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

The Wangari Maathai Foundation is working to advance the legacy of Prof. Wangari Maathai, the first African woman Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, by nurturing a culture of purpose and integrity that inspires courageous leadership.

Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

- Expanded range & diversity of new partners to include African, U.S., European, Asia-Pacific and Australian collaborators across civil society, private, public, & philanthropic sectors.- Led a deeply consultative, multi-stakeholder strategic planning process resulting in buy-in and support for AWARD’s expanded programmatic and geographic scope and mandate.

The Bridge Collaborative is driving a fundamental shift in how we think, plan, fund and work across sectors to make bigger change faster. We unite people and organizations in health, development and the environment with the evidence and tools to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges—from air pollution and poverty, to biodiversity loss and.

Recruiting, selecting and advising social entrepreneurs as they develop and scale their social ventures

San Francisco, CA, US

Teaching Courses on: African Politics, The Political Economy of Developing Nations, and Introduction to Comparative Politics

Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

- Envisioned, founded, & grew a leadership incubator investing in over 300 high-potential young African women leaders from underprivileged backgrounds driving social change in their communities. - Design and implement strategy, mobilizing resources, managing staff, donor relations, partnerships

San Francisco, CA, US

Research on "The Impact of Ethnic Politics on Struggles for Women's Rights Legislation"

San Francisco, CA, US

Los Altos Hills, CA, US

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, US

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, US

Working with Dr. Lisa Hilbink in the development of a course on Latin American politics including sourcing multi-media teaching materials. Locating and compiling emerging literature on constitutionalism in Latin America.

St. Paul, MN, US

Creating and implementing an instrument to gather feedback on the 'New Tactics for Human Rights' program training sessions for African Human Rights activists

Organizing an international conference on constitution making in Africa.

Interviewing women about their experiences in prison as part of a project lobbying to improve women's access to justice.

Evaluator: Designing, implementing and documenting a study to assess the effectiveness of the Organization's training and capacity-building program.Further

Ph.D, Political Science; Comparative Politics, International Relations

Doctor Of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

M.A, Political Science

B.A., Politics

B.A, Politics

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