Dr Tasokwa CHIBOWA
About Dr Tasokwa CHIBOWA
Dr. Tasokwa Kakota Chibowa is a Malawian and currently the Director for Centre of Continuing Education and Professional Development at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. She is an associate professor in applied mathematics with over 20 years of teaching and conducting applied research in STEM in higher education. Tasokwa has a PhD in Dryland Resource Management obtained from the University of Nairobi, Kenya in 2011, a Master’s Degree in curriculum and instruction from Virginia Tech and State University, USA and a Bachelor’s Degree in Education (majoring in mathematics and statistics) from Chancellor College, University of Malawi. She worked as the Chief of Party for Transforming Higher Education Systems project in Malawi, a USAID implementing partner, which was implemented by Michigan State University. Dr Kakota Chibowa also worked as the Director of Quality Assurance at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR). She is also a highly experienced expert in internal and external quality assurance for higher education institutions with national, regional and international experience. She has collaborated with Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and Association of African Universities (AAU) to facilitate trainings to international and national participants. She was a Chief of Party for the Transforming Higher Education Systems Project in Malawi, Implemented by Michigan State University, where Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Framework was used to assess gender based violence and exploitation issues and support in Higher Education Institutions. She is a highly experienced expert in gender analysis and social inclusion in different sectors including health, education, agriculture, climate change, environment, water and other sectors with over 20 years’ experience working as a consultant with national and international organizations such as: The World Bank, UNDP, CIMMYT, FAWEMA/FAWE, UNESCO, CIAT, ICRISAT, CARE, GiZ, Development Fund of Norway and IFPRI. She has a good understanding of gender norms in Malawi in both matrilineal and patrilineal societies and their influence on men and women in decision making, mobility and in ownership, access and control of productive assets. She has wide knowledge and skills in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis; baseline and end line evaluations; impact assessments; value chains; designing and implementation of gender analysis and inclusion studies using different gender frameworks and tools including the Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI). She is highly experienced expert in analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data using different statistical packages and synthesizing the findings in a report. She has excellent skills in facilitation and communication including preparing and presenting clear and concise oral and written communication, preparing policy briefs, action plans and guidelines for implementation