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Ms. Neelam Hussain is presently associated as Executive Coordinator with Simorgh Women’s Resource and Publication Centre Lahore and as Teacher for A-Level English Literature at Lahore Grammar School (on part time basis). In voluntary capacity she is associated as the Member Board of Directors Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO), General Body/Council Member South Asia Partnership (SAP),

Ms. Parveen Akhtar is advocate by profession and is practicing for the past 27 years in the High Court and subordinate Courts and Federal Shariat Court. Ms. Parveen has been working with the free legal aid committee in the provincial council of KPK. She is also an active Member of the Provincial Bar Council for

Ms. Rukhshanda Naz has overall twenty four years of multi-sectoral experience in rights-based development, legal aid and policy advocacy with a special focus on gender and women’s rights. Ms. Rukhshanda Naz in voluntary capacity is associated as the Trustee of South Asia Women Fund and Noor Education, Member Board of Directors of SPO and Khwendo

Ms. Sadiqa Salahuddin is recognised as one of the leading development professionals in Pakistan and a prominent contributor to the enhancement of Pakistan’s civil society. Her early experience as a management trainer for senior government officials became the foundation for capacity-building initiatives across the civil society spectrum. Her insight of government systems, combined with hands-on

Syed Abid Rizvi is one of Pakistan’s veteran and most respected broadcasters.  Completing his formal education with a MA in Urdu Literature from the University of Balochistan in 1962, he joined Radio Pakistan as a Producer in 1965.  He served in both Quetta and in the Turbat stations of the broadcasting network while becoming Senior

Ms. Zeenat Yaqoob Yousafzai is the founder and Principal of the Model Public School/College. In voluntary capacity she is associated as the Vice Chairperson SPO Board of Directors, Member Board of Directors of Taraqee Foundation, President BPWF Quetta Chapter and Member Chiltan Lions Club, Quetta. Ms. Zeenat has served as Member on various educational committees

Ms. Arifa Mazhar has overall eighteen years of multi-sectoral experience in a rights-based development and policy advocacy with a specific focus on gender and women’s rights. Ms. Arifa Mazhar is presently associated with the Group Development Pakistan as the Director Programmes. In voluntary capacity, she is the Co-Chairperson EVAWG Alliance, Member Board of Directors of

Dr. Karamat Ali is an economist by profession, with a wealth of knowledge in development economics and sociology. He pursued his Bachelors in Economics at the Punjab University; Masters in Economics and Sociology at the Vanderbilt University, and PhD in Economic Development at Vanderbilt University United States. His areas of expertise encompass economic development in