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CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME NINI BRENDA SULAMOYO-RUEBUSH

DATE OF BIRTH 11TH MAY, 1968

COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP MALAWI

CONTACTS +265*********/+1-505-***-****

** ***** ****, ********, *.O. Box 266, NM 87015

EMAIL adcsti@r.postjobfree.com

Profile:

A self-driven individual, innovative, dynamic, energetic, strong and persevering woman of 27 years government experience at various levels in the public service career path, beginning with 13 years of teaching high school level and 14 years working with and for out of school youth.

I am now a new resident to be of Edgewood city, New Mexico by virtue of being married to a citizen of New Mexico . I am a roster member of the United Nations Volunteer team . I obtained my Bachelor of Education (English and French) from the University of Malawi, Chancellor College (1987-1991); two French Diplomas in French Language and French Civilization (D.E.L.F. 1997&1998) from the French Cultural Centre (Malawi); a Commonwealth Post Graduate Diploma in Youth in Development Work (2005) from the Commonwealth (UK), second cohort; and a Master of Arts Degree in International Development from Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.

Professionally, I have supported government efforts by networking and engaging with various stakeholders, participating in stakeholder consultative meetings for sector policy development and strategic plan formulation.

My writing skills in the Youth Department and academic background has led me to pursue other opportunities in youth development work including participating in relevant conferences in Malawi and internationally.

With International Development Masters level qualifications, I am equipped with research skills as I have written several papers for conferences.

As a Family Planning and Sexual Reproductive Health Rights Champion since May 2013, I have demonstrated expertise in advocacy work focusing on the impediments to and implications of Family Planning and Sexual Reproductive Health Rights among youth and women. This involves exploring the related economic development benefits and the variable factors affecting family planning services and investments in youth and women sectors in Malawi as a developing country with a high and rapid population growth. As a former Australian Scholarship Awardee, I have continuously advocated for Australia Awards scholarships and I mentor aspiring Australia Awards awardees as well as Australia Awards recipients. I was the first nominated Alumni to become an Alumni Ambassador for Australia Awards (2013-2014), promoting Australia Awards in Malawi. In addition, I am member of the African Women in Leadership Special Interest Group facilitated by the Australia Awards- GRM office in Pretoria that was launched by the President of Liberia, Madame Ellen Johnson- SirLeaf in 2013.

During my last mile working for Malawi Government (retired from service on 31st March, 2019), I am involved in the 2gether4SRHR UN Programme which is being funded by the Swedish Government and it has engaged UNAIDS; UNFPA; UNICEF; and WHO. This endeavours to improve the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of all people in the East and Southern African Region with much focus on adolescent girls and young people, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people living with HIV, men who have sex with men (MSM), LGBTI, and sex workers (SWs).

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Socially, I am part of the data bank of the “2015 Fabulous Women” under the leadership of the US Ambassador to Malawi, Her Excellency Vrginia E. Palmer. Education:

University Date Attended Qualification obtained

Flinders University Jan 2007-Dec2008 Master of Arts Degree in International Development

University of Malawi,

Bunda College of

Agriculture/Zimbabwe

Open University

Jan 2003-Nov 2005 Commonwealth Youth Program Post- Graduate Diploma

University of Malawi,

Chancellor College

1987 to 1991 Bachelor of Education Degree

(Humanities)

French Cultural Centre,

Blantyre, Malawi

1997 and 1998

Diplomed’Etudesen Langue

Francaise-D.E.L.F 1&2

Employment Record:

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Organization Period Summary of Activities

Min of Labour, Youth, Sports and

Manpower Development

2004-to 2019 As Chief Youth Officer I was assisting the Director of Youth in youth

programs design and development as

well as policy review; timely support to

NGOs, line ministries, National Youth

Council and other youth affiliated

centres on youth related

development programs and activities;

developing a resource mobilization

strategy and leveraging resources for

the department; coordinating

meetings on youth development with

relevant stakeholders; preparing

reports on youth programmes and

activities and submit them to

management; facilitates the

establishment and management of

the youth data bank; monitors and

supervises youth programmes and

activities and make

recommendations where necessary;

writing papers which promote youth

development for national and

international conferences, the media

and international journals;

representing ministry and sitting at

relevant Technical Working Group

meetings (Gender and Youth;

Gender, HIV and AIDS & Crosscutting

issues; Population and Development

TWGs, and Family Planning technical

sub-committee); attending local and

international meetings on behalf of

government. Coordinating the Inter-

Ministerial Committee on Adolescents

and Youth; the Youth Technical

Working Group; and the Jobs for Youth

Project funded by AfDB

Ministry of Education, Science and

Technology

2003-2004 secondary school administration;

teacher recruitment and deployment;

student and teacher conflict

resolution; promoting students and

teacher welfare; effecting teacher

transfers; monitoring and evaluation of

school performances and activities of

students in schools; representing the

Education Divisional Manager at local

and international meetings.

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Key Skills:

Strong creative spirit, casual and flexible to systems, time management skills and ability to multitask on concurrent projects

Managerial, administrative, technical skills application in the 27 years of service as Head of Department and Chief Youth Officer in the senior management level of the Ministry of Education, Science and technology and Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development, respectively

Ability to work effectively with diverse work application styles and personalities; taking on board political diversities

Project concept development, management and project implementation skills Workshop Planning and Facilitation, Research, PowerPoint presentation, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Report Writing skills

Team player in the planning of events organization skills applied during several government meetings, annual UN Commemorations such as International Youth Days, Day of the African Child, World Population Day, World AIDS Day, African Youth Day-African Union (AU), Education Day as well as project launches

Effective communication skills (French and English) ICT skills: in Microsoft Word; Microsoft Excel; SPSS Package; Microsoft PowerPoint Other Courses, Trainings and Conferences:

Month and Year of Training Course/Training/Conference 03/2018 Participated in the Training of Trainers on 'Eco-Inclusive Enterprise Development' by SEED with funding from

Flanders governmentt

01/2017 Disbursement Training (African Development Bank) 09/2016 Policies and Practices for Enterprise Formalization and SME Development (Pretoria)

07/2016 Women’s Human Rights Advocacy for FBO, World Council of Churches (Geneva)

01/2016 International Conference on Family Planning, (Bali- Indonesia)

10/2015 Regional ILO/Work for Youth (W4Y) Workshop, (Zambia) 07/2015 Budget Tracking Training HPP/USAID, (Malawi) 07/2014 Leadership Skills Training (GRM International, (Pretoria) 05/2013 SRHR/FP Advocacy Training (HPP/CEDPA)

02/2013 Communicating Population and Health Research to Policy Makers (USAID/College of Medicine/PRB)

04/2012 ILO Start and Improve Your Business TOT, (Malawi) 09/2009 Results Based Management (UNICEF)

Ministry of Education, Science and

Technology

1991-2003 Lesson planning and teaching English

and French; curriculum updating

involvement; text book

standardisation; national French and

English examination standardization

and marking; adaptation of new

teaching methodologies;

participating in annual General

Assemblies for French Teachers; writing

English and French plays for the

annual English and French drama

festivals; treasurer and member of the

Association of French Teachers in

Malawi.

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09/2009 Project Cycle Management & Monitoring and

Evaluation (European Union)

01/2007 Introductory Academic Program (Flinders Uni) 04/2006 TOT for Youth Friendly Health Services Training (UNICEF) 03/2006 HIV Mainstreaming at the work place (NAC)

10/2005 Advocacy Training (UNFPA)

06/1994 French Teaching Methodology (Reunion Island) Key results and achievements:

On behalf of the Youth Department, implementing the Program for Rural Irrigation Development (PRIDE) project under Ministry of Agriculture which advocates for Social Inclusion (youth, women, people living with HIV and people living with Disabilities) Implementing the 2gether4SRHR UN Programme for the East and Southern African Region on behalf of the Youth Department

Kick-started coordination and implementation of the AfDB Jobs for Youth Project as Project coordinator, 2016 to date

On behalf of Ministry I participate in the Population and Development Technical Working Group (TWG); the Family Planning sub-Committee; coordinate the Youth TWG; coordinate the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Adolescents and Youth; contribute to the TIP-SWAP Access to Skills TWG

Contributed to the drafting and development of the second Malawi Decent Work Country Program for Malawi

Developed a concept on ‘Leather Tannery-Hides and Skins (Goat and Sheep) Project proposal’ for Rural Youth Enterprise, Livelihoods and Employment (2017) Contributed to the National Strategy for Care and Support for Teaching and Learning

(CSTL)

Contributed to the National Strategy on Adolescent Girls and Young Women (2017) I consulted as a KE2 – Population Growth Expert on an assignment ‘Addressing Population Growth in Malawi’ (May 2017-June 2017) commissioned by the European Union country office which sub-contracted HCM Development, a firm in Cyprus. Sensitized Principal Secretaries as members of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Adolescents and Youth on the 2016 Demographic Dividend Report for Malawi I was a team player in the Faith Plus Family Planning Project which developed a “Youth Guide on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Family Planning” targeting faith leaders under six religious mother bodies, 2016

Co-developed the Readmission Policy of the Education Sector and the first ever Education Strategy (2015-2016)

Participated in the country wide Youth Consultations Research (2015) Advocated for development of an ‘Action Plan for Youth Empowerment and Employment’

Contributed to ‘Faith to Action’ (Communique) during the Youth’ pre-conference meeting deliberations at the 2016 International Conference on Family Planning, in Bali Nusa Dua, Indonesia

Contributed to the development of the Department of Youth Service Charter, 2015 Contributed to the UNESCO Commission Report, onNon- Formal Education, 2015 Facilitated in the establishment of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Adolescents and Youth and coordinates meetings in the secretariat

Contributed to the development of the Gender, HIV and AIDS Cross-cutting Issues Strategy

(2015)

Advocated for the “Reduction of Rapid Population Growth” by asking Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to allocate resources for a revision of the ‘Life Skills’ curriculum so that it is ‘Comprehensive’, 2014

Contributed to the development of the Population and Development Technical Working Group Website, 2014

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Developed the National Life Skills Manual entitled ‘Issues Affecting Young People’ for Out of School Youth 2014

Participated in the consultations of Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) I, II, and MGDS III underway

Contributed to the development of the ‘Community CollegesSkills of Malawi’ catalogue, 2014

In my capacity as a Family Planning/Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Champion, I was a team player in the tracking of the 2013/2014, 2014/2015 National Health Budget for evidences of Family Planning commodity procurement and 100 per cent expenditure on family planning commodities

Contributed to the development of the Joint Sector Strategic Plan-JSSP for Gender and Youth 2013-2014

Participated in a Discovery Learning commissioned Baseline Survey for the Girls Education Challenge (GEC) project as an Education Specialist, in Northern Ghana, March to April 2014 Participated in a DFID commissioned Baseline Survey for the Girls Education Challenge

(GEC) project as Education Specialist, Nov-Dec 2013 Participated in the African Women Decade document launch in collaboration with Ministry of Gender, 2013

Participated and contributed to the development after consultations of the National Youth Policy 2013, Youth Strategic Plan 2013 development Participated in the domestication of the Malawi Action Framework (MAF), 2012 Contributed to the drafting and development of a Roadmap on Maternal Health Document, 2012

Contributed to the drafting and developing of a regional Plan International ‘Youth Development Framework’, 2011

Conference delegate escort and bilingual interpreter for the francophone delegates to the 2009 Southern Africa Transport Policy Planning (SATPP) conference held in Lilongwe, Malawi

Contributed to the development of the Youth Friendly Heath Services Training Manual and Youth Friendly Health Standards, 2005

Participated in the planning of the “Tiyeni” Project Launch, scaling up Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights for young people, 2006

Contributed to the writing of the Complimentary Basic Education (CBE) syllabus with funding from GIZ, 2003

Marking and assessment skills landed me a Marking and Assessment opportunity (2002) for essays on Poverty Alleviation Strategieswritten by youth across Africa (Anglophone and Francophone) assigned to Actionaid.

I trained Peace Corps Volunteers(1998) for Malawi Secondary School Education. Publications:

From Exclusion to Inclusion of Children with Disabilities: the mind-set of national government and citizens – (IRECE-Santiago, 2014)

Carbon Footprint Accounting: the situation in developing countries south of the Sahara -

(CSR-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 2013) an Emerald Publishing Group Edition Corporate Social Responsibility Patterns of SME Industries Consumers: how to improve the situation in Sub-Saharan Africa – (CSR-Copenhagen, 2013 and The Australia Awards Agriculture and Mining Symposium, Kampala, Uganda, October 2014), now part of the Emerald Books Edition.

Adopting Volunteerism: a Positive Transition between Unemployment and Employment – presented at the 2012 40th Anniversary Celebrations Conference of the l’Institut de Formation de Recherche Demographic (IFORD) in Yaoundé, Cameroon HIV Friendly Education Promotional Programs – 2012 Ghana Cape Coast University International Research in Early Childhood (IRECE)

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The title of the 2008 Master of Arts Degree thesis is: “Population Dynamics and Development in Malawi: is family planning a tool for rural development?” The title for the 2003 Commonwealth Post Graduate Diploma in ‘Youth in Development Work’ Dissertation is: “Traditional and Cultural Practices that Impact on Girls Education” The title for the Bachelor of Education dissertation, majoring English and French is: “Advantages and Disadvantages for using Audio-Visual Aids in the Teaching of French” Affiliations:

FP2020 Advocate, K4Health Advocate and2016 International Conference Family Planning participant, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia

Business Development Services Expert trained by SEED on behalf of Flanders Government Elected Chairperson of the Malawi Australia Alumni Association (MAAA) (2016); Malawi Australia Alumni Facebook page admin, http://www.malawi-australia-awards- alumniassociation.organ Australia Awards AID ‘Small Grant’ recipient First Australia Awards Alumni Ambassador for Malawi (2015) Family Planning/Sexual Reproductive Health Rights Champion-Malawi Chapter- HPP; PAI; FAITH-PAI (2013)

Child Case Review Board Member Chaired by an appointed Judge of the High Court of Malawi (2010)

Link Community Development-Malawi Board Member Chaired by Dr. Simeon Hau (2016) Referees:

Office:

Government Principal Secretary – adcsti@r.postjobfree.com Academic:

Susanne Schech, Professor at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia - adcsti@r.postjobfree.com

Professional:

Jean Mwandira, UNFPA, Lilongwe, Malawi - adcsti@r.postjobfree.com Suzanna Dennis, Population Action International –adcsti@r.postjobfree.com 9

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