Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell

As the CEO of Girls Not Brides, I lead the organisation's mission to end child marriage and empower girls globally. I have effectively guided organisations through various development stages, ensuring strategic growth aligns with our core values and goals. I lead organisational change processes to bring our staff closer to the communities we serve and balance power across the organisation, fostering inclusivity and equity. I also provide executive leadership, focusing on visioning, strategy development, people management, and organisational financial stewardship. As the secretariat of the largest global collective to end child marriage, my role is to ensure that our members have a clear strategy through which our collective vision is realized. I am also a spokesperson for Girls Not Brides, leading in strategic advocacy and securing new allies, partners and funders to support our vision.

Contributing to the empowerment of over 200 million women and girls globally affected by gender-based violence and protecting over 3 million at risk each year Providing expert leadership high-level technical expertise and inspiration across the programme to guide effective implementation and ensuring that programme strategies and approaches are aligned with the best available international evidence and best practice Providing overall leadership and vision on the direction and implementation of The Girl Generation in response to the needs and guidance of The Girl Generation’s stakeholders Galvanising a global movement to end FGM and engage at a high level with regional institutions on the African continent and external development partners (including the Inter-African Committee on Harmful Traditional Practices, UNECA, United Nations Joint Programme on FGM/C and other government agencies) Applying supreme diplomacy, influencing and consensus-building skills to build alliances with a wide range of networks and coalitions Providing oversight and coordination across multiple countries and stakeholder groups and catalysing national social change campaigns Support national efforts to end FGM with carefully planned communications to shift attitudes and behaviours to change harmful social norms (in up to ten focal countries across the African continent) Build consensus within the movement around what is needed to end FGM Represent and promote The Girl Generation’s vision and the interests of the entire End FGM movement in high level policy and advocacy forums Identify potential international resource leveraging platforms and opportunities as they arise Support the development of messaging and advocacy approaches to increase global support for the African-led movement to end FGM Being a global leader and spokesperson for The Girl Generation internationally with different stakeholders

Responsible for the technical leadership and managerial oversight in the design and implementation of project strategy in key areas, including MNCH, HIV care and treatment, gender empowerment, nutrition and malaria and specifically: Testing and implementing innovative, cutting-edge quality improvement and service delivery approaches in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), Developing, testing, and disseminating technical frameworks, approaches, and tools that can increase the efficiency, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and sustainability of health system strengthening and quality improvement initiatives. Building government and implementing partner capacity to apply improvement methods across health system levels (community, clinic, hospital, district, regional, central) to improve, scale up, and sustain high-impact, low-cost, people-centered MNCH and family planning (FP) services for leading causes of maternal newborn and child morbidity and mortality in Kenya. Strengthening frontline health worker and manager skills, motivation, and performance through integrated clinical and quality improvement (QI) capacity building and through engagement of health workers in making improvements in their local health care systems and processes Supporting the development and testing of MNCH quality of care indicators, strengthening routine health information systems to enable regular tracking of quality measures at service delivery level, and promoting accountability at global, national, and sub-national levels Assisting Ministry of Health (MOH) and local partners with capacity building for quality improvement, M&E strategy development, district health programming and integration of clinical services to ensure achievement of PEPFAR and USAID goals in fighting the HIV epidemic Designing and overseeing the annual project planning cycle to develop comprehensive annual work plans.

Designing and implementing a range of global advocacy and financing initiatives to increase policy and donor support for palliative care, ensuring access to opioids for pain relief, and promoting pain relief and palliative care as a human right; Engaging multilateral and bilateral donors, specifically PEPFAR, Global Fund, European Union, and the World Bank as well national development agencies to prioritize palliative care within their funding initiatives; Increasing donor participation as well as engaging private and corporate foundations who support palliative care to encourage coordination of activities and collaboration in funding; interfacing with civil society groups, e.g. the European Coalition on Cancer Patients and other disease related patient advocacy groups to include palliative care in their advocacy agendas  coordinating United Nations Office of Drugs Control, Committee on Narcotic Drugs, International Narcotics Control Board, and Human Rights Council on activities related to access to pain relief and palliative care; Crafting and managing a portfolio of grants related to advocacy, soliciting and evaluating proposals, preparing documentation, corresponding with grantees, conducting project site visits and monitoring grants to ensure progress; Developing partnerships with individuals or organizations who can provide technical assistance to national associations for organizational development and fund raising Convening meetings and seminars at a national, regional, and/or international level that: expand the existing donor base; raise public awareness and understanding about palliative care; engage civil society advocacy organizations; Making presentations at international meetings and conferences; Collaborating with Open Society Foundations in Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia to develop a comprehensive global strategy.

 To provide inspirational leadership to the APCA team and wider palliative care community, ensuring that APCA has a clear and compelling vision and well developed strategic plans.  Developing the organisation’s strategic plans, business plans and master budget in collaboration with the Board of Directors and the Senior Management Team.  To work with the Board of Directors to provide APCA with policies, strategic direction, and other mechanisms that will ensure the effective and efficient governance of the organisation.  Co-ordinating the Board assessment and appraisal process, and facilitating the Board as they take appropriate action based on lessons learned.  To develop strategic-level collaborative partnerships that will maximise APCA’s capacity to influence the quality of palliative care across Africa. Ensuring that partner orientation and training is conducted, having personal involvement as appropriate to the strategic nature of the partner organisation.  To ensure that APCA has the resources necessary to accomplish its objectives.  To oversee the development and implementation of a communications and public relations strategy that will support the accomplishment of APCA’s vision and objectives.  To represent APCA at an international level, contributing towards the organisation’s vision to represent ‘the voice of palliative care in Africa’.  To lead the individual members of the Senior Management Team in a manner that empowers them to maximise the impact of APCA and work according to high standards.

Taking responsibility for the advocacy and grants component of the Palliative Care Initiative. Managing and monitoring grant contracts. Indentifying advocacy and championing opportunities for The Fund arising from the main International Grants’ programme. Devising advocacy plan to influence major international governmental and donor agencies to: accept palliative care as a vital component in the care of people with life-threatening illnesses; include budget lines for funding palliative care; liaise with other funding agencies and INGOs interested in palliative care Influence HIV/AIDS organisations to accept palliative care as an integral part of the care system for those with HIV/AIDS. Advocate for an integrated approach to care among HIV/AIDS organisations and hospice/palliative care-based organisations. Support identified champions of palliative care (people and organisations) in lobbying for: palliative care to be in the curricula for all medical and nurse training palliative care to be part of the national health plans of governments Appropriate drugs for the relief of pain and opportunistic infections to be available. Use The Fund’s name and influence to influence governments and engage in regional and in-country advocacy. Organise regional and country-wide conferences and meetings as appropriate. Provide relevant information and advocacy materials

Providing overall strategic direction and technical oversight for all national International activities at FORWARD Leading in national and International Advocacy Supporting partners and CBO capacity development Spearheading research and documentation. Being the national and international spokesperson for FORWARD

Providing strategic leadership in curriculum review and development Hiring external supervisors and tutors Developing student guides and materials for practicums Supervising the heads of Units Providing leadership for business development and partnerships with other academic institutions