Nazia Iftikhar MBA,MSc.

Economics
,on going PhD
+92-333-528-1851 naziagulzar@yahoo.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I have over 13 years work experience as a senior manager, NGO leader and technical expert on gender,education and human rights. I pioneered the first country gender development in rural areas . I created several NGOs focused on gender and youth issuess. I have conducted gender sensitivity and mainstreaming trainings for a wide range of audiences in Pakistan. . Playing a diverse range of roles in communications to
organizational development and management, her chief motivation is to use my designing, writing, speaking, communications, organizational development, and management skills.

EDUCATION Ph.D. (Education),on going

With graduate course work in Womens Studies MSc. (Economics) University of Punjab, Pakistan, 1996 MBA (Marketing,Finance) University of Minnesota, Pakistan, 1998.

LANGUAGES English, Urdu (university proficient); Hindi, Punjabi (fluent), Pashto (basic) AWARDS AND HONOURS Asian Leadership Fellow Award, Government of Japan, 2010
National Leadership Award University , May 2004 Debating- Honorary Prize Essay Writing - 1st prize Annual Competition . Gold Medal of Academic Excellence University of AL-khair, Pakistan, . FOCUS AREAS Gender & Development, Human Rights Based Community Development, Vulnerable communities and Childrens rights, Policy analysis and formulation, Education, Civil Society Organizational Capacity Building MAJOR SKILLS Creative and dynamic leadership Policy analysis with gender perspective Project formulation and proposal writing Team organization skills Professional facilitation and training competence

DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Director, Sunlight for Human Development Network(sunlighthdn) - A Center for Learning (www.sunlighthdn.org)
November 2005-present Principal partner for a volunteer based organization focused on training and research aimed at issues surrounding human rights activism for youth. The key areas of the responsibility include advocating a focus on youth and women

in government policy, advocacy for gender friendly changes in government legislation and regulations, training young leaders for active citizenship and civil society initiatives and encouraging the application of rightsbased approaches in grass roots organizations. Technical and vocational trainings in Pakistan.

Director, Friends Without Boards 2004-2005

. Provide Consultancy to enhance the role of Women in mainstream To develop the women empowerment Provide the advocacy for women crises and make the appropriate measures Design Result oriented Activities and its implementation Monitoring and Evaluation of Staff young leaders for active citizenship and civil society initiatives and encouraging the application of rightsbased approaches in grass roots organizations. Technical and vocational trainings in Pakistan. Responsible for managing partners relationships and a business development staff. Manage the integration of partners with sales and marketing. Develop and execute strategic business development plans in one or more of the following areas: partnering strategy, channel development and field level integration. Responsible for assigned key strategic partner accounts. Assist with customer presentations and sales support. Working with partners, define, develop, and execute business development opportunities that will result in substantial market perception. Arrange Counseling Make Rehabilitation plan Advocacy for women rights Sensitize the gender protection issues Technical experience of communication

Head of the Gender Unit, Friends without Boarder,

March 2002 May 2004 Created and managed a Program Unit focusing on gender disparities in Pakistan. Responsibilities include managing the Gender Unit, designing managing and backstopping catalytic projects and supporting policy initiatives. I developed the first Country Office gender strategy and designed specific projects that created a precedent in the donor community for rights based strategic interventions. Responsibilities included initiating, managing & backstopping programs related to womens issues, lobbying & advocacy with the Government and networking with NGOs and other donors. Also, continued the preparatory work

Programme Officer, Education, Friends Without Boarder

October 1999 - 2002. Main responsibilities included administering, monitoring & backstopping the $6 million portfolio of education projects all over Pakistan, particularly in the Northern Areas,Punjab. (Asst Manager Marketing) Jaffer Brothers (JBS)

March1998-1999 (1yr) Islamabad,PK

Responsible for the marketing, sales & products development of the Group publications ROP/Display category. Sales account management, forecasting and strategy. Provide support to other categories in business development along with agency & client relationship management for facilitative business general Achieved a 27% increase in the business category revenue.

SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLES OF EXPERIENCE AS A GENDER TRAINER & FACILITATOR

sunlighthdn 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 . Designed and conducted an annual eight-week residential training program for young men and women from three religions to become leaders of the future in human rights advocacy and activism. Developed a strategy to address the issue of sexual harassment at the workplace and in educational institutions. This is a part of a gender mainstreaming project with the objective of opening opportunities for women in all sectors of society. Conducted training of trainers who would conduct awareness sessions on the issue. Prepared a short film on sexual harassment in Dari for wide dissemination in the country. The assignment includes conducting training for researchers and supporting them in research design to undertake a comprehensive study on gender discrimination and sexual harassment . Trained a group of media professionals from television, radio and newspapers on gender issues, in , Pakistan. . . Designed and conducted a Refresher Training for a pool of gender trainers who have been trained by me earlier. Designed and conducted a training of trainers for a new group of senior civil servants in Gender orientation and Gender sensitization. Established the training program for ActionAid to build the capacity of the fellow NGOs and smaller civil society groups. The following Training packages were developed and conducted in Multiple identities and stereotyping, Gender sensitization, Political Education, Addressing Sexual Harassment. University .Designed and delivered courses on crisis counselor preparation, Leadership Skills and Gender Orientation for faculty and students. University Designed and conducted a Training session on Communication skills and an intensive session on Violence

Against Women for the faculty of. Pakistan Television Co-facilitated two Gender Sensitization Workshops for Pakistan Television Corporation producers and writers. . Pakistan. 1 Developed and conducted a staff capacity building training program and facilitated a series of Gender project formulation workshops. Pakistan, Developed and conducted several (more than 20) self-exploration and Gender Sensitizing Workshops and Crisis Counseling courses for Pakistani NGOs. .

GENDER CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Undertook assignments as a gender consultant for several international development agencies in the area of Gender and Development, Community Mobilization and other Social Sector Development Designed and supervised an evaluation of grassroots girls education project in KP Pakistan.

Conducted study of Womens Role in Forestry , Water and Sanitation in the Social Sector in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Female Participation in Dairy Production in Punjab,

SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLES OF CIVIL SOCIETY EXPERIENCE

I have been extensively involved in recent World Forum events. Worked extensively on issues of Violence Against Women and its effects on women and their children. Other than crisis counseling and sensitization on the issues, given numerous talks on the subject of Violence Against Women in general, Domestic Violence, Rape, Incest, Violent Rituals, Burning Brides, Verbal Abuse, Prostitution etc. at a national level. Founded and managed an NGO, sunlighthdn, on womens issues, specifically related to violence. . Served formally on its management board for five years. Raised awareness on issues of violence through numerous activities. Worked on Childrens rights. Set up the very first program in Pakistan that focused on child sexual abuse. Advisory/Management Committee. Islamabad, Pakistan. December to april, 2006 Advocate and intervention person for Domestic Abused Project, Facilitator, Intercultural communication Workshop,designed to increase the understanding of various aspects of different cultures through the participation of rnational students, . Volunteer Councilor for Crisis Intervention. Organized and led a group through citi response International for international women, who perceived themselves as future leaders in their professions on their return to their home countries, .

TEACHING EXPERIENCE MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

Visiting lecturer in Marketing at lead College, . 2003-2005.

Flowers of Pakistan ready for publishing, protection of children