Kristie Drucza

Dynamic leader with a proven track record at Includovate, excelling in research and capacity building. Spearheaded impactful projects, enhancing gender mainstreaming and collaboration across diverse teams. Skilled in monitoring and evaluation, fostering inclusive environments, and securing funding to drive sustainable development initiatives. Committed to empowering marginalized communities through innovative strategies.

• Care USA and Ethiopia, 2019, Women’s empowerment collective and savings group study completed for The Gates Foundation’s East Africa strategy.
• Care Ethiopia, 2019, Measuring women’s empowerment study. Research tools and design, data collection supervision, enumerator training, analysis, and report writing.
• Adam Smith International, Solomon Islands, 2015-16, The government-endorsed systems change the design to develop the care sector, empower women economically, increase the country’s skilled workforce & job readiness, and build agricultural value chains.
• UNDP, Solomon Islands, 2015, Facilitated a co-creation workshop to develop a more inclusive approach to climate change policies and processes/programmes.
• University of Queensland, Brisbane, 2015, Improved the inclusiveness of public-private partnerships, micro-enterprise development, and business incubation programmes by training African and Asian civil servants.
• World Bank, Nepal, 2014, Reviewed the inclusiveness of grievance redress mechanisms for frontline service delivery (infrastructure, energy, health and education) and developed a business case to improve accountability and transparency.
• Adam Smith International, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, 2013, Analysed which social protection mechanisms for food security, rural development, health, and education could benefit from AusAID investments for their country and regional strategies.
• SNV, Bangladesh, 2013, Designed an inclusive business programme for EKN to protect female garment factory workers and their sexual and reproductive health rights.
• UNICEF, Nepal, 2011-2012, Analysed and evaluated critical social development issues and the fiscal space for reform, then developed recommendations for the country's strategy.
• UNICEF, Nepal, 2011, Institutional gender and inclusion assessment led to increased resource allocation for gender and inclusion programming, a revised HR policy, and the adoption of new inclusive approaches to evaluation and planning.
• Hewlett Packard, China, 2007-2008, Provided technical support to a CSR project for retrenched workers that increased HP PC sales by almost 30 per cent; 80 per cent of participating entrepreneurs increased their profit margin by 5 per cent; women’s participation quadrupled; and the project went to scale across China and India.

• Pacific Islands (Tonga, PNG, Solomon Island, Samoa, Fiji)
• Africa (Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Nigeria, Kenya, Mozambique)
• East and South Asia (Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos)
• Bolivia
• Mongolia
• Jordan

• Disability
• Gender
• Youth
• Empowerment
• Governance
• Social Policy