Wanjiku Njenga Lucy

Nairobi, Kenya

Author | Activist | Speaker

Education

November 2023 – Bachelor of  Arts in Community Development

Professional Experience

2017 – to date  Founder/Executive Director,  Positive Young Women Voices
2020 – 2022   Programme Officer,  Women4GlobalFund
2021 – 2022  Consultant,  World Health Organization
2020 – 2021  Toolbox Lead Writer,  UNICEF
2016 – 2017   Young People Lead  AYARHEP
2015 – 2016   Founder/ National Coordinator, Sauti Skika (under NEPHAK)
2013 – 2015   Peer Educator,  National Organisation of Peer Educators
2012 – 2013   Founder, Red Row Hotel

Global Speaker

2024   Plenary Speaker, International AIDS Conference – Munich, Germany
2023   Plenary Speaker,  Commission on the Status of Women 2023 – New York, USA
2023   Plenary Speaker,  HIV and Women – Seattle, USA
2021   Plenary Speaker/Moderator, IAPAC 2021 Fast Track Cities Conference – Lisbon, Portugal
2021   Plenary Speaker,  HIV and Women – Seattle, USA
2022   Plenary Speaker,  International AIDS Conference – Montreal, Canada
2019   Plenary Speaker,  UN High Level meeting – UHC – New York, USA
2019   Moderator,   IAPAC Fast Track Cities – London, UK
2019   Plenary Speaker,  Women Deliver – Vancouver, Canada
2019   Plenary Speaker,  Interest Conference – Accra, Ghana
2019   Plenary Speaker,   HIV and Women – Seattle, USA
2018   Plenary Speaker,  International AIDS Conference – Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018   Plenary Speaker,   IAPAC Adherence Conference – Miami, USA
2017   Plenary Speaker,  ESA Regional Meeting on HIV Prevention – Windhoek, Namibia
2017   Plenary Speaker,   HER Launch – New York, USA
2016   Plenary Speaker,   UNAIDS PCB Thematic Session – Geneva, Switzerland

Publications

2022   Lead Writer,   FLOURISH – A Toolbox for Girls and Young Women Leaders on the Front lines of Gender Justice in Health
2022   Kenya Lead Researcher – Are The Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights Of Women Living With HIV Still Confined By Covid-19? An Analysis of Then & Now
2021   Co – Author,   Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030: Time to reset targets for 2025
2018   Co-Author,   A Global Research Agenda for Adolescents Living With HIV

Fellowship/Advisory Roles

2024 – to date    Board Member,  UN Leave No One Behind (LNOB) Sounding Board
2024 – to date   Board Member,   Board of Directors ICASO
2022   Facilitator, Master Class – LifeBeyondHIV Meeting – ViiV Health
2023 – 2024   Member in the organising committee African Workshop on HIV and Women
2018 – 2020   African Delegate – NGO Delegation to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
2017 – to date   Board Member – Kenya Coordinating Mechanism to the Global Fund
2017    Young African Leaders Initiative

Awards

http://ke.avancemedia.org/ – 2019 100 Most Influential Young Kenyans