{"id":33294,"date":"2021-11-10T10:58:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T10:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/staff-member\/mary-ciugu\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:54:08","slug":"mary-ciugu","status":"publish","type":"staff_member","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/staff-member\/mary-ciugu\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Ciugu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"staff-member-header-banner-block\">\n\t<div class=\"columns is-mobile is-multiline\">\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-7-tablet is-12-mobile is-6-desktop\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"outer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-title\">The Team<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title notranslate\" translate=\"no\">Mary Ciugu<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeople &#038; Culture Associate\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-location\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-location-dot\"><\/i> <p>Africa<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-socials\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-tablet\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-48-Mary-Ciugu-1024x1024.png.webp')\" data-small=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-48-Mary-Ciugu-640x640.png\" data-medium=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-48-Mary-Ciugu-1024x1024.png\" data-large=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-48-Mary-Ciugu.png\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-5-tablet is-hidden-mobile is-6-desktop\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-48-Mary-Ciugu-1024x1024.png.webp')\" data-small=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-48-Mary-Ciugu-640x640.png\" data-medium=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-48-Mary-Ciugu-1024x1024.png\" data-large=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-48-Mary-Ciugu.png\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p>Mary Ciugu joined Equality Now in January 2000. She is currently the People and Culture Associate. Previously, she worked as the Administration Officer at CARE Somalia\/South Sudan; in the tax department at Price Waterhouse; and taught Business Education and English at two high schools. Mary holds a Bachelor\u2019s of Business Administration from Newport International University and a Diploma in Business Education from Kenya Technical Teachers College. Mary is a Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP Kenya) and a member of the Institute of Human Resource Management.<\/p>\n<p>From an early age, Mary saw how unequally girls were treated. She realized that girls were overloaded with domestic chores while their brothers played outside. Later in life, she noticed that girls were dropping out of school; some got married at a young age while others got employed as housekeepers. Yet, boys were encouraged to pursue an education. Mary later saw that in most of the places she worked, there were more men than women. For Mary, implementing the 2:3 gender rule will go a long way in Kenya, to get equality in positions of leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Mary\u2019s inspiration is her mother, who supports girls\u2019 education by sponsoring many girls in the local primary school. Her favorite quote: \u201cIn the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders\u201d (Sheryl Sandberg).<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the office, Mary enjoys reading, cooking and walking. 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