Consultants Directory

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

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Posts in Women's participation

Penny Plowman

Independent organisational development consultant specialising in gender and organisational change. Extensive experience of working as a gender trainer, consultant and facilitator working with NGOs, donors and government in South Africa and other countries in Africa and in India.

Facilitation, Gender mainstreaming, Gender training, Org. mainstreaming, Research, Women's rights, Women's participationGADN Coordinator18 November 2018

Jennifer Sawyer

I have spent over 12 years working in international development in relation to women’s rights, health and leadership, and bring a thematic background across a number of sectors including health, SRHR, education and leadership, applying a feminist or gender lens to understand the relevant dimensions and barriers in each field.

VAWG, Facilitation, Gender training, Monitoring & Evaluation, SRHR, Strategy development, Women's participation, Womens' leadership, Women's rightsGADN Coordinator1 November 2018

Debbie Solomon

Currently a Deputy Executive Director with experience in International Freedom of Expression and a Black Queer LGBTI activist.

Women's rights, Gender mainstreaming, Gender responsive budgets, Intersectionality, Programming, Race and ethnicity, Safeguarding, SDGs, Social norms, Strategy development, Women's Peace & Security, Women's participationGADN Coordinator18 October 2018

Maryam Tanwir

Dr Maryam Tanwir has an MPhil, PhD and Post doctorate in International Development from the University of Cambridge. She has been a Lecturer and Coordinator for paper 340 “Gender and Development” at the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge since 2015.