Sylvia Maina
Leads Communications for Gender Statistics for UN Women in East and Southern Africa
UN Women
Sylvia Maina is a strategic communications expert with global and regional experience in leading impactful communications for sustainable development as well as private sector initiatives.
For nearly 25 years, Sylvia has meaningfully contributed to shaping strategic communications for multi-million dollar initiatives under multilateral and bilateral development organisations including the World Bank, the UN, USAID, the EU, and GIZ and public sector agencies. She has excelled in positioning these and other organisations as thought leaders and opinion shapers in their respective spheres of influence.
Sylvia’s repertoire includes developing and leading legacy as well as contemporary media strategies, data storytelling, and content curation on a wide range of development subjects from food security and livelihoods to good governance, water and sanitation, innovation, and gender statistics.
Sylvia holds a Master's degree in Communication Studies (summa cum laude) and a BSc. in Information Science.
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Hon. Salim Mvurya, EGH
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Dr. Raymond Omollo,PhD, CBS
Principal Secretary for the State Department for Internal Security and National Administration. Government of Kenya
Dr. Chris K. Kiptoo, CBS
The Principal Secretary (PS) for The National Treasury in Kenya Government of Kenya
Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak
Principal Secretary Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary instead of Ministry of Education. Government of Kenya

