Hawa is currently serving ICAN as the Project and Grant Management Officer. She has experience on issues of human rights of states at an international and at the national level, as well as experience on issues of peace, security and disarmament such as countering violent extremism, the elimination of small arms and light weapons as well as nuclear weapons disarmament.
She has worked on development projects and has developed and implemented projects/programmes which includes: design, initiation, planning, execution and closure. She also has experience in the area of project management, fundraising, small grants management, outreach as well as advocacy.
She holds a PRINCE2® certificate in Project Management from AXELOS Global Best Practice and a certificate in Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster from the Harvard University. A diploma in Development Studies and Social Work from the Marist International University college a constituent college of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the African Nazarene University and a Masters of Arts Degree in International Relations from the Nottingham Trent University.