Sokhna GAYE

Gender Expert, West Africa , Tanager

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Bilingual (french, English) Sociologist. Gender Expert with 13 years of experience in Subsaharan Africa. Currently Gender Expert In West Africa. Seeking challenging opportunities as a full term assignment. Can relocate

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Area of Expertise:
  • Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
  • Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
  • Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
Professional Experience:

Sociologist with over 12 years of experience in the development and humanitarian sector. Worked in public/ private sector and International NGOs on gender equality, protection, women’s economic empowerment and toward positive social norms and social justice in the areas of human rights, gender issues in agricultural value chains, gender mainstreaming in development and humanitarian program.
Social researcher, foresight practitioner, familiar with quantitative and qualitative research methods, data collection and analysis even in participatory tools and methods.
Recognized as a leader in developing news ideas and mentoring staff, a partnership builder, and a team player. strong experience on community needs assessment, analyze and reporting, good communication skills too. With strengths including result driven, system thinking, emotional and practical intelligence.

Education:

-Sociologist, focused on Family, Women, Education and African Environment, MS
- Certified Market System Analyst, ACDI-VOCA
- Nutrition and Food Systems, Institut Agropolis Montpellier (Online course)
- Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
- Gender and Age Marker, EU Ndjamena
- Experience Capitalization Training, African Forum for Agricultural Research,
- Business and Entrepreneurship, training Certificate ; CESAG
- Foresight research: from design to analysis, African Forum for Agricultural Research
- Scenario visioning, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- Management Monitoring and evaluation of agricultural programs and projects in a gender perspective, training certificate, African Forum for Agricultural Research,
- Gender Mainstreaming in Agricultural Program, training certificate, African Forum for Agricultural Research

Available for:

  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

Years of Experience:

10-15 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, French

Nationality:

Senegal

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