Mary Maneno is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree and a Post graduate Diploma in Law. As a certified Legislative Drafter and member of the Law Society of Kenya, she has gained tremendous experience in governance and advocacy work in various fields including devolved governance, land and natural resources as well as constitutional implementation.
She has overtime developed advanced skills in project design and management including monitoring and evaluation, resource mobilisation, budget tracking, dispute resolution, corruption risk mapping, human rights, refugee protection, advocacy, community mobilization and contextual knowledge of the key debates in human rights and governance specifically, human rights frameworks in service delivery in water, health, humanitarian aid, land and education.
She has done extensive research and scholarly work on land corruption, gender issues, governance, the plight of refugees and internally displaced persons in Kenya and reproductive health rights. Mary is passionate about law and gender relations, land matters, human rights, legal research and legislative drafting. She has worked on assignments requiring close collaborative efforts with different stakeholders, at the local, regional and international level.
She currently works for International Land Coalition as the Regional Advocacy and Campaigns Manager, leading advocacy and campaigns efforts within Africa.