Consultants Database

This Database includes freelancers and consultants with expertise on gender equality, women's and girls’ rights and international development.

In order to join the Consultants Database, you must be an individual GADN member. To join GADN, please follow this link, work through the application form, and then select to be added to the Database. One of our team will be in touch with you after processing your application. If you have any questions, please email comms@gadnetwork.org

Inclusion in the Database does not imply endorsement by GADN. Information in this Database has been provided by the consultants themselves, and while every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, GADN does not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions.

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Leila Javadi Shalkouhi

A versatile filmmaker and multimedia content creator with expertise in directing, producing,
cinematography, photography and editing.

Campaigning, Education, Fundraising, Gender training, Humanitarian, PSEA, LGBT rights, Women's rightsGADN Coordinator26 August 2026

Neha Kagal & Manju Patel-Nair

Neha and Manju are racial justice facilitators with over 25 years of combined experience working across various sectors including INGOs, higher education, multi-lateral donors and government institutions.

Women's rights, Climate change, Education, Advocacy, Campaigning, Facilitation, Intersectionality, Women's participation, VAWG, Race and ethnicity, Conflict resolutionGADN Coordinator27 December 2024

Smita Khanijow

I am a gender and human rights advocate working in international development for more than 18 years. I have cross thematic experience of work with excluded communities through civil society organisations, government bodies, corporates, movements and social activists.

Aarushi Mahajan

Feminist legal researcher and advocate with 7 years of experience in movement building, advocacy, feminist knowledge production, and trainings.
Pursuing an MA in Transnational Queer Feminist Politics at SOAS, London.

Safeguarding, Social norms, Access to justice, Adolescent Girls, Advocacy, Campaigning, Disability rights, Gender training, Facilitation, Intersectionality, LGBT rights, Policy analysis, PSEA, SRHR, Women's rights, Womens' leadership, Women's participationGADN Coordinator14 December 2024