Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg

**Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg** ita ce Babban Darakta na Rise, haɗin gwiwa na Schmidt Futures da Rhodes Trust. Kafin haka ta kasance Daraktar Cibiyar Nazarin Harkokin Noma ta Mata ta Afirka (AWARD). Wanjiru ita ce kuma wanda ta kafa kuma tsohon Darakta na Akili Dada, mai ba da jagoranci ga 'yan matan Afirka da mata matasa kuma tsohon Mataimakin Farfesa a Harkokin Siyasa a Jami'ar San Francisco.

## Ilimi

Kamau-Rutenberg ta samu digirin a fannin kimiyyar siyasa daga Jami'ar Minnesota ta Minneapolis, inda ta mai da hankali kan huldar kasa da kasa, nazarin jinsi da tarihin Afirka. Kundin karatunta na shekarar, 2008 kan *Impact of Ethnic Politics on Women’s Rights legislation during Kenya’s Democratic Transition* tsokaci game da cudanya tsakanin jinsi, (sake) samar da asalin kabilanci da tsarin dimokaradiyya a cikin kasashe masu tasowa. Rubuce-rubucenta ta yin amfani da ruwan tabarau na jinsi don gano kaciyar da aka tilasta wa maza a lokacin rikicin ƙabilanci na Kenya na shekarar, 2007 zuwa 2008 Bayan Zaɓe na ɗaya daga cikin irinsa na farko don amfani da abubuwan da maza na Afirka suka fuskanta na tashin hankalin siyasa a matsayin hanyar tashi don yin la'akari da tsaka-tsakin jinsi da siyasa kuma an buga shi a cikin Jadawalin Aiki na Takardun Adalci na Jami'ar Oxford.

An kuma ba ta lambar yabo ta Doctorate of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa) ta Kwalejin Whitman, Washington.Wannan Doctorate na Daraja ta gane aikinta na ilimi da himma ga daidaiton jinsi musamman a Afirka. Ta gabatar da jawabin farawa ga daliban da suka kammala karatun digiri na shekarar, 2017 a matsayin wani bangare na bikin karramawar.

Kamau-Rutenberg kuma tana da digiri na biyu a fannin fasaha a Kimiyyar Siyasa daga Jami'ar Minnesota, Minneapolis da aka bayar a shekarar, 2005,  da Bachelor of Arts a cikin Politics daga Kwalejin Whitman, Walla Walla, Washington da aka bayar a cikin shekara, 2001.

## Aiki

A cikin Shekarar, 2005, Kamau-Rutenberg ta kafa Akili Dada, mai ba da jagoranci ga 'yan mata da mata matasa da ke Nairobi, Kenya don magance rashin wakilcin mata a matsayin jagoranci a Afirka.

Kamau-Rutenberg kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Farfesa a Jami'ar San Francisco, San Francisco, California, daga Agusta shekara ta, 2008 zuwa Maris 2014.A lokacin aikinta na ilimi ta mayar da hankali kan siyasar taimakon agaji da ci gaban kasa da kasa, Siyasar Tallafin Duniya, Siyasar Afirka, Hulda da Kasa da Kasa, Siyasar Kabilanci da Kabilanci.

Kamau-Rutenberg ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin malami a fannin hulda da kasa da kasa a Kwalejin Jami'ar Hekima, Kwalejin Mazabu ta Jami'ar Katolika ta Gabashin Afirka, Nairobi, Kenya, daga Agusta shekara ta, 2013 zuwa Janairu 2014.

A watan Maris na shekarar, 2014 aka nada ta a matsayin darektan Cibiyar Nazarin Aikin Noma ta Mata ta Afirka (AWARD) wadda Cibiyar Noma ta Duniya (ICRAF) ke da hedkwata a Nairobi, Kenya. AWARD tana saka hannun jari a masana kimiyyar noma, cibiyoyin bincike, da kasuwancin noma, suna ƙarfafa ikonsu na isar da sabbin abubuwan aikin gona mai dacewa da jinsi don wadatar da aikin noma a duk faɗin Afirka. A cikin shekarar, 2017 AWARD ta sanar da Ƙungiyar Planet One, $20M, shirin shekara 5 don saka hannun jari a cikin ayyukan masana kimiyya 600 da ke aiki don bincike don taimaka wa ƙananan manoman Afirka su dace da yanayin canjin yanayi.

### Matsayin hukumar
Wanjiru tana da, kuma tana ci gaba da aiki a Hukumomi da yawa. A cikin Shekarar, 2021 an nada ta zuwa Hukumar Landesa, babbar kungiyar kare hakkin filaye ta duniya, da Hukumar Gidauniyar Syngenta. Har ila yau, tana aiki a Kwamitin Zaɓar Kyautar Abinci na Afirka, Hukumar Gidauniyar Wangari Maathai, da Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Shugaban na Kwalejin Whitman.

Har ila yau, tana zama a Majalisar Dokokin Gidauniyar Climate Foundation da Cibiyar Nazarin Ci gaba a Jami'ar Bonn. Ita memba ce ta Malabo Montpellier Panel, wani babban kwamiti na kwararru masu zaman kansu da ke tallafawa gwamnatocin Afirka da kungiyoyin farar hula gano da aiwatar da manufofin da ke inganta aikin noma, abinci da abinci mai gina jiki a duk fadin nahiyar. Tana kuma hidima a Hukumar Twaweza, Babban dandalin tattaunawa tsakanin jama'a da siyasa a gabashin Afirka.

## Kyaututtuka da karramawa

* 2003: MacArthur Doctoral Fellow], Shirin Tsare-tsare kan Canjin Duniya, Dorewa da Adalci, Fellowship Research Fellowship, Jami'ar Minnesota
* 2010: Mai nasara, Kasuwar Ra'ayoyin, Ƙungiyar Haɗin Kan Jama'a ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* 2011: Kyautar Thomas I. Yamashita, Cibiyar Nazarin Canjin Jama'a, Jami'ar California a Berkeley
* 2012: 100 Mafi Tasiri a Afirka, Sabuwar Mujallar Afirka
* 2012: Champion of Democracy a cikin East Africa, Ford Foundation
* 2012: White House Champion of Change,  United States White House da United States Department of State
* 2013: Mafi Tasirin Matan Afirka a Kasuwanci da Gwamnati, Nasara, Rukunin Ƙungiyoyin Jama'a, Nairobi.
* 2014: Manyan mata 40 da ke ƙasa da shekara 40, Business Daily, Nairobi, Kenya.
* 2016: Africa's Most Influential Women, New African Magazine, London, U.K
* 2017: Doctor na Haruffa na Humane (Honoris Causa), Kwalejin Whitman, WA Amurka
* 2018: Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow, *Cibiyar Shugabancin Afirka,* Jami'ar Oxford, & Cape Town, Afirka ta Kudu
* 2018: 20 Fuskokin Kimiyya, Makon Kimiyyar Afirka, Kenya
* 2021: Matan Afirka 100 Mafi Tasiri, Avance Media
* 2021: 27 Ƙarfafa Mata Masu Sake Tsarin Abinci
* 2021: 100 Mafi Tasirin Mata a Siyasar Jinsi, Siyasa

## Manazarta