A highly experienced Protection Specialist with extensive leadership in humanitarian and development settings, skilled in general protection, child protection, GBV, MHPSS, and safeguarding. She excels in designing and implementing integrated, community-driven protection programs and leading multi-sectoral teams in complex contexts. Catherine is known for championing gender and protection mainstreaming across sectors including health, nutrition, food security, education, and WASH, to ensure inclusive, survivor-centered, rights-based service delivery.

Her strongest asset is capacity building. Catherine develops and delivers tailored training, mentorship, and coaching for national staff, government counterparts, and community actors. She has designed curricula and modules on GBV, child protection systems, psychosocial support, and protection mainstreaming, equipping frontline workers with the skills needed to provide quality, survivor-centered services. Her experience includes facilitating large-scale training initiatives, leading protection workshops, and establishing peer learning structures to promote ongoing accountability and professional growth. She is also proficient in developing protection tools, referral pathways, SOPs, and safeguarding frameworks.

Catherine brings extensive experience in strategy development, project design, operational research, situation analysis, and inter-agency coordination. She is a strong advocate for child rights and survivor protection, recognized for strengthening institutions, establishing feedback and response mechanisms, and fostering partnerships that drive sustainable, impactful protection outcomes in complex humanitarian environments.