Annabell Waititu has a 20-year career in the natural resource management sector, with a particular focus on water supply service, climate resilience and governance. As a WOCAN Core Associate, she has participated in W+ Standard measurements in Kenya, co-trained for gender mainstreaming for the Family Farming Project of FAO and led WOCAN’s global meeting of Women Leadership Circles in Agriculture.
Annabell has supported leading gender mainstreaming initiatives, including Kenya’s gender and climate change, water sector reforms, Water for Africa Cities, the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Training and Capacity Building Programs, World Bank’s WASSIP program, the Nile Basin Initiative, among other national and regional projects. She has also taken part in international research projects on gender mainstreaming across the sectors and contributed to the development of various knowledge products on the subject. She is a member of the Investment Committee with Kenya Innovation Finance for Water (KIFFWA), and the 2022 Gender Diversity in Water IWA Award Winner and resides in Nairobi, Kenya.