This Directory includes freelancers and consultants with expertise on gender equality, women's rights and international development.
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Freelance consultant with over twenty years’ experience of working in international development, with specific expertise in women and girls’ rights programming within a range of organisations, including Womankind Worldwide, Childhope UK, Plan UK, the Overseas Development Institute and Girl Effect.
Read MoreRaida Al-Zu'bi is a Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Specialist with an M.A. in Sociology from the US (Magna Cum Laude) and over 20 years of progressively responsible work experience at established international development organisations.
Read MoreI am keen on playing an active role in Africa's gender, entrepreneurship, and business growth landscape to help organizations understand the markets and develop the capabilities needed for success.
Read MoreMy expertise lies within the provision of WASH for women and girls in low and middle income countries. I am an independent consultant and researcher with 7 years’ experience in working on the WASH needs of perimenopausal women, people with disabilities and people with incontinence
Read MoreGender consultant with 15 years’ experience of programming and movement-building to promote the rights of adolescent girls and young women. Expertise in VAWG, safeguarding, feminist leadership and feminist capacity development.
Read MoreEllen is an international development professional whose focus has been clean energy, climate, and inclusive growth across emerging economies for 25+ years.
Read MoreFreelance gender and development researcher and consultant with over 20 years' experience. Specialising in gender analysis, gender mainstreaming; and organisational learning. Wide thematic expertise, including women’s political participation; food security; climate change; VAWG; trafficking and migration. Clients include ADB; EU; DFID; UN Women; Oxfam; World Food Programme and OECD.
Read MoreGender and social inclusion (GESI) specialist with 4 years of expertise in program management, gender mainstreaming, and LGBTQI+ program evaluation and analysis.
Read MoreMy expertise in research encompasses feminist movement building, feminist knowledge production, SRHR and SGBV, conflict prevention and resolution, international human rights, humanitarian law, youth and women's participation in peace processes, women, politics and governance, and leveraging grassroots indigenous knowledge for peace promotion.
Read MoreOver 12 years’ experience working in international development on gender equality, governance and women’s rights programming.
Read MoreI am an advisor on wellbeing and organisational development, focusing on feminist and inclusive approaches to addressing stress, burnout and discrimination in the sector.
Read MoreOver twenty years’ experience working in international development and on children’s rights, women's rights and gender equality programmes. Specific thematic expertise on child protection and child safeguarding, violence against women and girls, women's political participation, discriminatory social norms, media and development, as well as monitoring, evaluation and research.
Read MoreLindsey Jones-Renaud is a feminist facilitator, trainer, advocate and entrepreneur whose work focuses on the intersection of gender with economic development, social justice, care work, the digital economy, and institutional change.
Read MoreAdvocate and political analyst with over a decade of experience working at the intersection of human rights, international criminal law, and democratic governance. Specializes in legal reform, strategic litigation, and policy analysis, with a deep understanding of complex legal frameworks and advocacy strategies.
Read MoreA Senior Gender, Conflict and Stability Adviser with the UK Stabilisation Unit, having worked on gender, GBV and conflict issues for the last twenty years.
Read MoreAlina is an independent consultant with over 20 years of experience in the area of human rights, gender, diversity and social inclusion.
Read MoreGender in agricultural value chains specialist, with experience of working along international and local value chains with farmers, service providers, companies and governments, to strengthen gender equity and inclusion. Strong
Read MoreAs a trailblazer in governance and women’s rights, I retired as Ebonyi State’s first Female Head of Service after decades of public sector leadership. My career focuses on advancing gender equality through policy reform, stakeholder engagement, and capacity-building initiatives.
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