Lucy Nyambura

Assistant Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning officer

Q-Intitiative C.B.O

Nyambura is a 29-year-old psychology graduate whose pronouns are they/them. They started their advocacy work back in 2018 where they volunteered with Q-Initiative under the SRHR project.Their main role was to offer health education in matters SRHR to the LGBTQI+ folks. Out of passion and personal experiences, they pioneered a menstrual health project in 2020. The project is focused on addressing poverty which leads to period stigma faced by transmen and non-binary folks. Currently they are collecting gender specific data for the LBQ womxn, non-binary folks and Transmen which is used to inform fundraising, programing and implementation of SRHR projects._x000D_

Event Schedule

DAY 1

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
02:30 pm EEST	04:00 pm EEST	Positive Masculinities in Gender Transformative SRHR: Engaging Men and Boys Concurrent Room MH 2-1	This session will explore, celebrate and critique policy and program interventions from Eastern and Southern Africa that work to promote male engagement as an essential Read More This session will explore, celebrate and critique policy and program interventions from Eastern and Southern Africa that work to promote male engagement as an essential tool in improving and sustaining sexual and reproductive health and gender equality. The session will offer a learning space for participants to discuss and boldly strategize together on the issue of masculinities within SRHR. Panelists and participants will be invited to share their perspectives and expertise on strategies and models that have effectively disrupted the status quo and advanced SRHR and gender justice – contributing to establishing anti-patriarchal masculine identities. Session format: Skills building Organized by Sonke Gender Justice /MenEngage, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UN Women, WHO, Communication for Development Foundation Uganda, Plan International Finland/Uganda, SAfAIDS & Q Initiative Read Less Speakers Jude Thaddues Njikem Regional SRHR Coordinator Sonke Gender Justice Lucy Nyambura Assistant Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning officer Q-Intitiative C.B.O Nankunda Babihuga Executive Director Communication for Development Foundation Uganda (CDFU) Anne Githuku-Shongwe Regional Director UNAIDS Grace Ageno Gender & Inclusion Coordinator Plan International Uganda Rouzeh Eghtessadi Executive Director SAfAIDS Regional