Consulting on projects focusing on civil society and gender in the Middle East and Asia for non-profit organizations, government agencies, law firms, private businesses, and publishing companies. My assignments have varied widely and include the following:
- Research and report writing (country conditions in the MENA and South Asia, women’s rights issues, violence against women)
- Evaluation of programs, projects, and curricula
- Concept Design, Project Design
- Standardized Test Design
- Manuscript evaluation and editing
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
- Experience preparing written expert witness reports and providing in-court and telephonic testimony for clients in the U.S. and U.K.
- Knowledge of a broad range of quantitative and qualitative research methods, including gender and women’s studies, cultural analysis, institutional analysis, participant observation, action research, case studies, literary analysis, and interviewing
- Fifteen years of social development experience with analytical expertise in social analysis, gender development, partnership development with government, academic, NGO, and civil society networks
- Nineteen years of anthropological and ethnographic fieldwork experience in gender, religious movements, ethnic and religious conflict, Islam, family and broader social networks, and demographic change
- Regional experience in India, Pakistan, Egypt, Libya, Turkey, Dubai, France, and England
- Excellent conceptual, analytical, research, evaluation, writing, and translation skills
- Excellent oral and interpersonal skills
- Fluent in French, Hindi, Urdu; can read, write, translate, comprehend, and speak Arabic (Modern Standard and colloquial Egyptian) and Turkish moderately well
- Professional translation experience into and from French, Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic
- Skilled at using the Internet for research; experienced public speaker
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, SPSS, Wordpress, Blackboard online learning
PAST CLIENTS INCLUDE
- USAID and Higher Education in Development (HED)
- Prometric
- CAORC (Council of American Overseas Research Centers)
- American Council on Education
- Burdeshaw Associates
- Atrinova
- Savan Group
- Lahore University of Management Sciences
- Raising Voices