Shikuku Obosi

Personable, high-achieving inclusion specialist with over 15 years of progressively responsible professional experience leading disability-inclusive development and emergency work with development and humanitarian actors, intergovernmental bodies, and organizations of persons with disabilities across diverse multi-cultural contexts in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Equal rights and opportunities at the core of most valued achievements. Brings proven experience and expert-level knowledge in childhood disability, disability-inclusive programming, and capacity building. Demonstrated skills in liaison, collaboration, partnership building, participatory research, monitoring, evaluation, and graduate-level project management and first University Degree in social sciences education. Possess rich insight from both sides of the fence from working in offices in 4 countries on three continents in 25 developing countries, and from being a leader as well as a person with a disability, with the ability to combine all perspectives - expatriate yet grassroots, global south as well as global north. Relishes a challenge, thrives on high levels of respect for diversity, integrity, and responsibility, and demonstrates in-depth technical and strategic ability to scale up inclusive approaches for disadvantaged populations. Looking for full-time engagement worldwide to improve the quality of inclusion of children with disabilities in development and humanitarian programming and action and create stronger, more resilient communities.