Curriculum Vitae – Angela Minayo Kidiavai


Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details

Name: Angela Minayo Kidiavai

Gender: Female

Postal Address: P.O Box 29884-00100 Nairobi, Kenya

Mobile No.: +254 713 420111

Email: angelaminayo@article19.org

Work Experience

  • November 2023 to present: Article 19 Eastern Africa – Digital Rights and Policy Program Officer
    • Design and implement digital rights projects in the Eastern Africa Region.
    • Oversee research, monitor and publish quarterly periodic reports on FOE online issues and generate a Digital Rights Monitoring Report.
    • Lead the publication of policy briefs on digital rights and policy issues in the Eastern Africa Region.
    • Lead programs on the existence and efficacy of corporate (telco and ISPs) FOE policies and practices and their adoption and implementation of international FOE standards.
    • Oversee strategic litigation cases where Article 19 Eastern Africa has been joined as Interested Party or amicus curiae.
    • Maintain and forge new partnerships with development partners, tech companies, civil society organisations, governments and relevant stakeholders in digital rights issues in the region.
    • Conduct and participate in consultative meeting(s) with relevant stakeholders to disseminate policy documents, share identified gaps and generate meetings recommendations in the region and promote regulator and community networks discussions.
    • Conduct and/or facilitate trainings and/or capacity-building initiatives and create an advocacy network for varied stakeholders, including civil society organizations, media, lawyers, judges, SMEs, and marginalised groups about FOE online, universal access and data protection.
    • Facilitate meetings with regional bodies such as EACO, African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, CSOs and consumer rights groups to encourage the uptake of FOE principles and standards in the harmonization of their policies and regulatory frameworks.
  • February 2022 to October 2023: KICTANet – Program Officer, Women’s Digital Rights
    • Spearheaded the implementation of a GIZ funded projects on Data Protection and Privacy from a Gender Perspective and Research and Capacity Building Project on Online Gender Based Violence.
    • Lead a GIZ/KICTANet/University of West Indies and P-didakt project on the development of content and production of an e-learning module 5 of the Digital Enquirer Kit on Online Gender Based Violence.
    • Implementing a project under the Our Voices Our Futures Grant that seeks to include women and structurally marginalised groups in the internet governance discussions.
    • Implementing a project on ICTs Accessibility and Equality for Persons with Disabilities.
    • Implementing a DW Akademie Women@Web Project which included conducting a Digital Security Training for Women in Politics, organising a Masterclass on Gender and Data during the Privacy Symposium on 2nd November 2022 and hosting a podcast on the experiences of women in politics who vied during the 2022 elections.
    • Attended training on the Africa Human Rights Mechanisms and the Universal Periodic Review under the United Nations Human Rights System.
  • 1st April 2021 to October 2021: Associate at MMC ASAFO (Dispute Resolution and Litigation)
  • 6th January 2020 to March 2021: Pupil at MMC ASAFO (Dispute Resolution and Litigation)
  • 6th March 2020 to 30th July 2020: KICTANET Research Consultant (Human Rights Impact Assessment Study of the Huduma Namba)
  • 3rd – 4th December 2019: Facilitator for the Legislative Drafting and Policy Formulation Training of Kajiado County Assembly Staff, held at Portlands, Athi River
  • August to May 2020: KICTANet Research Consultant
    • Research Assistant: 28th August 2019 to 9th May 2020 (UNESCO ROAMX National Internet Indicators Research) focusing on Kenya.
    • Research Project for Assessing Accessibility of Mobile Communication Services for Persons with Disabilities.
  • Research Consultant: 30th August 2019 to 20th September 2019 (CIPESA and KICTANET) 20th May 2019 to 20th August 2019: Intern Department of Research, Innovation and Partnerships at Catholic University of Eastern Africa
  • 10th February to 23rd March 2019: External Moot Trainer for Strathmore University’s Jean- Pictet International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition team 2019
  • 11th September 2017 to 11th March 2018: Digital Policy Fellow at ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa

Education

  • Fact Checking Training: by Africa Check and UNESCO from 29th to 30th November 2023
  • University of Amsterdam: Annual Summer Course on Privacy Law and Policy held from 3rd to 7th July 2023
  • UPRoar and CIPESA Training: on the Universal Periodic Review for Digital Rights held from 20th to 22nd April 2022
  • Post Graduate Diploma: Advocates Training Program at the Kenya School of Law (January 2019 – July 2020)
  • Training on Mastering Digital Forensics & Cyber Based Evidence: by East Africa Data Handlers and Google Held at Lawyers Hub from 25th to 26th July 2019
  • Legal Ethics Training Program: held in Kigali Rwanda, 15-18 July 2019, by the African Centre on Legal Ethics in partnership with White & Case LLP, Fordham University, GIMPA Faculty of Law and INES-Ruhengeri
  • Bachelor of Laws degree LLB: Second Class Upper Division with Honours, Moi University, awarded on 20 December 2018
  • Research Methods Workshop for Internet Policy & Advocacy in Africa: held from 26th February

    to 3rd March 2018, Kampala, Uganda

  • African School of Internet Governance: 2017 edition, held from 28th November to 2nd December 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
  • Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education 2013: Limuru Girls’ High School, Kenya
  • Kenya Certificate of Primary Education 2009: St. Anne’s Girls’ Primary School, Kenya

References

  • Jane Nambiri: Research Fellow Catholic University of Eastern Africa
  • Grace Githaiga: Executive Director Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
  • Kenneth Wilson: Senior Associate MMC ASAFO


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