Eliza Meriabe

Nalotuesha Indigenous Women Organization | Nairobi, Kenya

Eliza has over eight years of experience in implementing and coordinating participatory budgeting (PB) initiatives in a number of Kenyan counties while working at Fahamu Africa. She is also a mentor in the People Powered Rising Star mentorship program and is a co-founder of the Nalotuesha Indigenous Women Organization, a platform that champions the inclusion of indigenous women in governance.

Eliza has tirelessly worked to convene grassroots citizen platforms to identify priority needs and incorporate them into county government budgets. She also lobbies for adoption of policies that promote participatory budgeting (PB), and spearheads grassroots, citizen-led accountability mechanisms.

In 2016, she won the Global Innovation Competition sponsored by by the HIVOS Making All Voices Count Initiative.

Eliza holds a master’s of science degree in development studies, a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and a certificate in international tax justice.