Professional Experience:
Ms Drucza began her career in development by exploring the needs of indigenous Australians and now has 16+ years of practical experience working for donors, UNICEF, World Bank, managing consultants, the private sector and non-government organisations. She is an efficient, organised, team player who has mentored junior colleagues and thrives in multicultural environments. She enjoys engaging in policy dialogue around social development issues and builds effective collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including partner governments, while solving complex problems. She has published in academic peer reviewed journals and produced development-related knowledge products.
Ms Drucza is interested in protecting, including, and empowering marginalised groups and women to reduce poverty and inequality. Her research interests include building inclusive states, institutions, and programs and women’s economic empowerment.
Skills include: social protection; cash transfers; governance; social accountability and grievance mechanisms; macro policy analysis of social policies; promoting and building capacity for gender equality and social inclusion (GESI); indigenous people’s development; women's economic empowerment; social exclusion analysis; social and institutional audits (equal opportunity); community/group based development; program design; policy dialogue; program management; monitoring and evaluation frameworks, especially results based; and inclusive business (CSR for the poor).