Blandina Ijecha Bobson is the Director of Programmes for Oxfam in Kenya heading the Women’s Rights and Gender Justice, Governance and Accountability and Natural Resources programme pillars. She has over 13 years’ experience leading the conceptualization, design, resource mobilization, implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of both development and humanitarian programmes within the region.
Blandina holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology, is a certified Monitoring and Evaluation practitioner and a Global Public Voices Fellow at Cornell University focusing on inequalities and social injustices.
Blandina is passionate about amplifying the voices of marginalized groups especially women through research, writing thought pieces and challenging both formal and informal patriarchal systems that propagate gender inequalities and prevent women and girls from enjoying their rights and achieving their full potential in life.
