Patricia Kameri-Mbote is a Professor of Law and former Dean at the School of Law, University of Nairobi. She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and was conferred the rank of Senior Counsel in 2012. She was a member of the Committee of Eminent Persons appointed by His Excellency the President of Kenya in February 2006 to advise the government on the way forward for the stalled constitution review process. She was also awarded an honorary degree in law by the University of Oslo (UiO) in 2017 for outstanding contribution to research through ground-breaking work cutting across established fields such as Women’s Law, Natural Resources Law, Human Rights and Law and Development. Kameri-Mbote earned her doctorate from Stanford University in 1999 specializing in property rights and environmental law.     Read More

Prof Elishiba Njeri Kimani is a Professor at Kenyatta University, Department of Sociology, Gender and Development Studies, where she has been a Lecturer since October 1990. She obtained her Doctorate (PhD) in Gender, Education and Development Studies in December 1998 at the same university, having obtained a bachelor’s degree in Education (BED-Arts) and a master’s degree in Education (Primary Education Option (PTE) in 1977 and 1983 respectively, from University of Nairobi (UON). She is currently serving as the Dean in Graduate School of Kenyatta University since November 2018, having served as an Associate Dean in the same school since May 2013, and a Director of Kenyatta University Students’ Mentoring Program from 2006 to 2013. Prof Elishiba Kimani is a renowned researcher and a scholar in areas of Gender, Sociology Education and Development studies. She has also disseminated a wide range of gender-related knowledge through many publications, presentations in conferences, seminars, and workshops.    Read More