Dr. Nungari Salim, PhD (Sociology)

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1 Dr. Nungari Salim, PhD (Sociology) Office: Gandhi Wing, Department of Sociology and Social Work, University Way, P O Box Nairobi. Cell Phone: nungaris@yahoo.com Date of Birth : 11 th November 1957 Nationality : Kenyan Gender : Female SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Over Twenty years of experience in teaching, supervision and examination Educator, Researcher, Trainer and Counselor PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Present Lecturer in Social Work Department of Sociology and Social Work, ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 2007 Ph.D. in Sociology Department of Sociology and Social Work, Title of Thesis Persuasion and Persistence Female Circumcision Among the Embu Kisii and the Somali of Kenya M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning School of the Built Environment () Title of Thesis The Role of Women in the Provision of Energy in Murang a District Kenya, 1981 B.A (Social Work) Department of Sociology and Social Work Dissertation Parking Boys: A case study of Nairobi City PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Lecturer Counsellor Family and child welfare expert Materials Development 1

2 Behavior Change and Communication for HIV/AIDS prevention specialist Environmental Impact Assessor including disaster management Gender and Agricultural Value Chains Assessor Proposal writing HIV and AIDS Trainer and Counsellor Gender and governance Expert Community Development Expert Trainer Gender Expert (Mainstreaming, Engendering Policy, Leadership, Gender Auditing, Gender Budgeting, Gender and Democracy) Trainer of Men as Partners in Reproductive Health Social Impact Assessment Expert Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Researcher-Baseline, Start up, Monitoring and evaluation Policy Writing Writing of guidelines Ms Word, SPSS, CONSULTANCY HISTORY Client Project Location Project title Nature of Project Funder/ Donor Client Field Work sites Type of Study Title of study : Plan-Kenya : Eastern, Nairobi and Coast Provinces : Children s' Video Project : Children participation, empowerment and rights of the child : Friends of Plan International : Population Services International : Western, Rift Valley and Coast Provinces : Baseline Research : Situational analysis of Gender Based Violence in Kenya Action Aid Evaluation of WOFAK s capacity to address Violence against Women in Kenya Catholic Relief Services, Kenya End of Term Evaluation - Mbeere Child Survival Project to PMTCT and Health Seeking Behavior among HIV-Positive Mothers and Children 2

3 Client Field Work sites Type of Study Title of study : Association of Local Governments in Kenya (ALGAK) : Eldoret Samburu Malindi Nyamira Kipkelion Mbita Point Kisumu Chuka Garissa Kikuyu Embu Buteere Mumias Ruiru and Mwingi Districts : Baseline study : Situational Analysis of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting in local government authorities in Kenya : Research Assistant Duties and responsibilities Organizing, facilitating stakeholders meetings. Mobilizing Korogocho community. Development of a training manual. Training community mobilizers. Development of research tools Selecting and training Research Assistants Coordination of fieldwork activities. Supervision of data collection. Literature review. Questionnaire editing Report writing. Project title : Regional coordinator- Women & Law in East Africa (WLEA) : Customary land laws in Kenya Duties and responsibilities Development of research tools Training of research assistants Supervision of data collection Literature review Report writing : Regional coordinator- Women & Law in East Africa (WLEA) Project Title : The role of women in conflict resolution in reference to 1997/1998 tribal and land clashes in Kenya. Data collection Data analysis and report writing 3

4 PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS November 2005: won a research grant from French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) to conduct a study entitled: Decentralisation and Governance in Small Urban Centres: An Assessment of Local Authority Service Delivery Action Plan (LASDAP) in Chuka Town. January 1983: won a CIDA scholarship to pursue a Master of Arts degree in Urban and Regional Planning. International Sociological Association Research committee 32 (RC 32) Award, 1993 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Award, 2005 Network on Gender and Work in Eastern and Southern Africa (GWESA) Grant, 1999 DAAD Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Sociology Publications and works in progress PhD Sociology Neema Nungari Salim,, Kenya Project coordinator, researcher Mervi Heikkinen, University of Oulu, Finland Gender and Sexual Violence in the Life-Span Revisited - locating ourselves through a dialogue between Africa and Arctic Presentations in pdf: Salim, Heikkinen 2008 XIII ISA World Congress of Sociology Contested Boundaries and Shifting Solidarities Bielefeld, Germany, 1994 WSIS publication Gender and ICT issues at the The role of women in the provision of Energy in Muranga District, Kenya Parking Boys: A case study of Nairobi city. Dissertation: 2011: report of the, disability Mainstreaming committee World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Award, : Women and Law in East Africa (WLEA) 4

5 The role of women in conflict resolution in reference to the 1997/1998 tribal and land clashes in Kenya. Mumbi Machera and Neema Salim (2002) The Silent Victims: A Study on exploitation and abuse towards paid domestic child workers in Kenya; Centre for Basic Research; Kampala 2005: Women property rights and wife inheritance case studies from Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya AFFILIATION TO PROFESSIONAL BODIES AND NETWORKS Association of African Women for Research and Development, Kenya Chapter (AAWORD) African Centre of Technology (ACTS) Founder Member Center for the Study of Gender Violence (CSGV), Nairobi Kenya Centre for the Study of Adolescence (CSA) Nairobi Men Engage Regional Network MenKen Kenya African Centre for Research on Sexuality (ACRS) Kenya Association for the Promotion of Adolescent Health (KAPAH) Workshops Conferences and Seminars Stakeholder Workshop National policy on gender and development held at Merica Hotel, Nakuru Bontana Hotel on 29th august 2011 Gender awareness and sensitization workshop for Municipal Council of Ruiru staff Ndanga hotel, Ruiru held on 21st may 2011 Facilitator, MenEngage Kenya Network Strategic Plan workshop, held at Sportman Arms Hotel, Nanyuki, 5-6 June 2013 Dissemination Workshop on Kenya Policy Report on Engaging Men for HIV and GBV Prevention and Training on Policy Advocacy Sarova Panafric Hotel Tuesday 25 June 2013 Facilitator, training and sensitization workshop on disability & gender mainstreaming, senior management, Chuka University, 7 June Facilitator, workshop on application of the gender checklist in local authorities projects policies and apparatus, organized by ALGAK/UNIFEM/USAWA, held at the Luke hotel, on October

6 The Heroin Crisis and the National and Provincial Response: A Rapid Assessment in Kenya s Coastal Province: Silver Springs Hotel 16 April 2013 International workshop on promotion of Social Work Education in East Africa March 2012 National stakeholders workshop on the state of social work education and practice in Kenya July 2012 at the Boulevard Hotel. REFEREES Professor Paul Mbatia Senior Lecturer Department of Sociology and social Work P.o. Box Nairobi Cell: Dr. Eudias Mumbi Machera Lecturer Department of Sociology and Social Work P.o Box Nairobi Cell: