Tabitha Kiriti

Tabitha Kiriti-Nganga is a Professor of Economics in the School of Economics at the University of Nairobi specializing in International Trade, Gender and Socioeconomic Issues. She attained my PhD from the University of Queensland in Australia, a Diploma in Legal Instruments of International Economic Relations and Regional Integration from the University of Barcelona. She is the Coordinator of UNCTAD Virtual Institute and the Chair of the WTO Chairs Program in the University of Nairobi. She is also a member of the National Consultative Committee Trade Facilitation, National Consultative Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), National Consultative Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) and Chair of the Post Graduate Studies Committee in the School of Economics. She has done extensive research and published in trade, gender and women studies, advocacy, poverty, social protection, gender based violence, affirmative action and health. She has held trade, gender, advocacy training workshops not only at the local level but also at the regional and international levels. She is currently the chair of the technical committee at the University of Nairobi Women Economic Empowerment Hub.