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 MoreConsultant with over 18 years’ experience in international development with specific expertise in disability inclusion and the intersectionality of gender and disability. Particular interests are equity-focused and gender-responsive approaches to programming and MEL.
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 MoreWomen's empowerment specialist, with experience of working with displaced populations including victims of trafficking, refugees and exploited foreign domestic workers. Previous experience designing and delivering a range of support provisions for people experiencing homelessness and destitution across the world, with particular focus on the UK and Middle East.
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 MoreThomas Churchyard (MPhil, Cantab.) is a consultant and trainer as well as the Founder of Kwakha Indvodza, a southern African CSO specialising in gender, health and social justice interventions which engage men and boys.
Read MoreInternational development leader, founder and board chair specialising in education and women's rights programming, policy and strategy. Held senior leadership roles in high-profile organizations, advising UK and overseas governments, educational institutions, civil society organizations, multilateral agencies, and the private sector.
Read MoreWith over 20 years of experience in the field, I am able to develop various programmes aimed at supporting survivors as well as preventing abuse and managing gender-based violence in emergencies.
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 MoreIndependent consultant passionate about making an impact in the development sector to drive meaningful change at the intersection of gender, intercultural education and violence prevention.
Read MoreI am a passionate feminist applied researcher. My areas of interests are: Violence Against Women and Girls, Violence Against Children, quantitative and qualitative research methods and measurement frameworks related to
Read MoreAn independent gender equality and social inclusion consultant, with nearly fifteen years of experience, the majority spent working for the UK Government. Expertise in gender and inclusion analysis, qualitative research
Read MoreOver 12 years’ experience working in international development on gender equality, governance and women’s rights programming.
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 MoreNeha 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.
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 MorePatricia is a gender, human rights, development professional with over 15 years' experience in gender equality, women's socio-economic empowerment, policy and legal analysis, violence against women and girls programming, advocacy and lobbying, research and peace building.
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