Stephanie Haase

Born 1983

Living in Nairobi

Passionate about equal rights and access to health


  • Health Scientist

    • I am a Public Health expert with a proven track record and over 7 years of experience managing projects for donor-funded NGO-projects in Africa
    • I am a PhD candidate, researcher, project manager, and  intrapreneur
    • I am passionate, precise, reliable, and efficient
    • My areas of professional interest include sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), research, human rights, and digital media

  • Work experience

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    Independent consultant

    April 2019 – Present

    • Literature reviews, research design, planning, and implementation
    • Data analysis and report writing
    • Other research needs and tasks based on client requirements
    • Training for NGOs on various topics around SRHR and digital media use

      Key achievement: 
    • Creating extensive literature reviews and research protocols for two start-ups. Survey design for a start-up's proof of concept which will be distributed to thousands of sexual and gender minority women around the world to their improve prenatal care
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    Editor and researcher

    RNW Media

    August 2007 – October 2007

    • Planning, producing, editing, and analysing web content and campaigns
    • Website backend work (CMS: Drupal)
    •  Planning and implementing research
    • Conducting training on sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender issues

      Key achievements:
    • Voted chairperson of 'PVT', an internal advisory board representing colleagues in organisational concerns
    • Presenting the only LGBT research at the International Conference for Family Planning in 2018
    • Creating and implementing Love Matters Africa's most popular campaign in 2018. The 'Love ABC' reached over 1 million people
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    Project coordinator

    RNW Media

    September 2012 – January 2017

    • Project lead and management for Love Matters Africa
    • Team leader (8 team members)
    • Communication and coordination with the audience, partners, the head office and the local team
    • Conducting all day-to-day business
    • Planning and executing events  
    • Fundraising
    • Content production
    • Local research

      Key achievements:
    • Reaching over 10 million young people with SRHR information
    • Winning the 2015 AfriComNet Award for Excellence in Health Communication
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    Physiotherapist

    Bertholet en Willems, Amsterdam

    May 2009 – August 2012

    • Therapeutic work within the clinic and during home visits, administrative work.
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    Research assistant

    EMGO Institute, Amsterdam
    May 2012 – August 2012

    • Data entry and analysis.
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    Physiotherapist

    Rosenthal Physio, Berlin

    November 2007 – April 2009

    • Therapeutic work within the clinic and during home visits, exercise classes.
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    Physiotherapist

    Down Syndrome Association of Nepal

    August 2007 – October 2007

    • Therapeutical work with children with Down Syndrome.

  • Education

    Public Health (PhD)

    University of Cape Town

    South Africa

    August 2017 – approx. October 2020

    Public Health (MSc)

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    The Netherlands

    August 2009 – July 2012

    Physiotherapy (BSc)

    European School of Physiotherapy

    Hogeschool van Amsterdam

    The Netherlands

    August 2004 – June 2007

    Social Innovation Management

    The Amani Institute

    Kenya

    July 2015 – December 2015

  • Publications and presentations

    • Zweigenthal, V., Heap. M., & Haase, S. (2019). Leaving no one behind: Can epidemiology catch up? Addressing the challenges of sampling and representativeness of hard-to-reach populations. Seminar, University of Cape Town School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa.
       
    • Haase, S. (2019). What allies can do (and yes, you can be one, too). In: Nzioka, D. (Ed.) Rafiki Zetu: Kenyan LGBTIQ stories, as told by allies (pp. tbd). Nairobi, Kenya.
       
    • Haase, S. (2018). Overlooked, misunderstood, and underserved: digital, pleasure-friendly family planning information for Kenyan sexual and gender minorities. Oral presentation at the 5th International Conference on Family Planning, Kigali, Rwanda.
       
    • Haase, S. (2016). Love Matters Africa: Using innovative approaches to bring SRHR information to young people. Poster session presented at the 7th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights, Accra, Ghana.

  • Languages

    • German: Native speaker
    • English: Native speaker
    • Dutch: Fluent
    • Swahili: Basic knowledge
    • French: Basic knowledge
    • American sign language: Basic knowledge

  • Training and courses

    • Training for Trainers (Radio Netherlands Training Centre)
    • Research ethics training (FHI 360)
    • Copy editing (University of Cape Town)
    • Project Management (ExpertRating)
    • Using Media for Development (Radio Netherlands Training Center)
    • Leadership (RNW Media)
    • Introduction to Proposal Writing (Funds for NGOs)
    • Resource Mobilization (Kenya Association for Fundraising Professionals)
    • Creating Budgets – An Introduction (Funds for NGOs)
    • Global Health and Humanitarianism (Coursera, University of Manchester)
    • Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries (Coursera, University of Manchester)
    • Unethical Decision Making in Organizations (Coursera, University of Lausanne)
    • Contraception - Choices, Culture, Consequences (Coursera, University of California)
    • AIDS (Coursera, Emory University)
    • Community Changes in Public Health (Coursera, Johns Hopkins University)
    • The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness (Coursera, University of Toronto) 
    • Abortion: Quality Care and Public Health Implications (Coursera, University of California)
    • Disability, Sexuality and Rights (CREA)
    • Leadership, Movement Building and Women's Rights (CREA)

  • Interests

    • Human rights
    • Equality in health promotion and care
    • Prevention of gender-based violence and violence in conflict
    • East-African culture and contemporary history
    • Wildlife conservation 
    • Travelling
    • Archery

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