Gender Training Working Group & Community of Practice Members

Community of Practice

Meet the Gender Training Community of Practice and the Working Group!

The Gender Training Community of Practice Working Group is a group experts in Gender and Gender Training from all over the world that collaborate with UN – INSTRAW in the establishment and functioning of the Gender Training Community of Practice.

Alicia Ziffer Coordinator Gender Training Community of Practice UN-INSTRAW	Hilary Anderson Gender Specialist Inter-American Commission of Women United States
Noreen Khan Gender Specialist. Gender and Rights Unit Division of Policy & Practice UNICEF HQ	Laura Hildebrandt Knowledge Network Facilitator, Gender Team Bureau for Development Policy United Nations Development Programme HQ
Beth Woroniuk Independent Consultant Canada	Ina Curic Independent Consultant Romania
Cindy Hanson Independent Consultant Canada	Jennifer Lewis Independent Consultant USA
Christina Duschl Gender Training Community of Practice UN-INSTRAW Dominican Republic

UN-INSTRAW Gender Training Community of Practice Members

Gender Training CoP members are experts & practitioners in gender training, gender equality and knowledge management from international governmental and non governmental organizations from all over the world who get together to discuss and exchange ideas on gender training experience and to learn about different experiences. We already have 206 members! If you would like to contact any of them, please direct yourself to the CoP Coordinator.

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Susan Loo Independent Consultant Malaysia	Dono Abdurazakova Independent Consultant Uzbekistan
Maria Luz Aquilante UNIFEM Mexico	Meron Genene Independent Consultant Ethiopia
Martha Barriga Political Participation UN Instraw Dominican Republic	Arabinda Ghosh Joint Director Administrative Training Institute Government of West Bengal India
Nicola Popovic Independent Consultant Dominican Republic	Elisabeth Robert Migration and Remittances Consultant UN-INSTRAW Dominican Republic
Sahro Ahmed National Gender and Human Rights Officer UNDP Somalia	Naryan Vitthal Solanke President Universal Versatile Society of India India
Steven Botkin Executive Director Men's Resources International USA	Patricia Keays Independent Consultant Canada
Derek Oakley British Youth Council UK	Ionara Vieira Moura Rabelo UNESP- UNiversity of Sao Paulo State Post Graduate Student- Doctor Degree Brazil
Jane Hailé Director Genderworks sprl Belgium	Anu Pillay Independant Consultant and Advisor on Gender, Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding Liberia
Guyo Sarr Huka Assistant registrar - Human Resource Management Chuka University College Kenya	Mubarak Mabuya Principal Gender Officer Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Uganda
Tatiana Markina Knowledge Management/Capacity Development Specialist UNIFEM CIS Kahazakstan	Odette McCarthy Program Officer Centre d'études de Coopération International (CECI) Canada
Kate McInturff Coordinator Gender and Peacebuilding Working Group Peacebuild Canada	Ramavarma Regunathan Thamburan Chief, Conduct and Discipline Unit United Nations Integrated Mission Timor Leste
Cristina Reyna IFOR/ Women Peacemaker Program Netherlands	Shelley Ross Secretary General Medical Women's International Association
Selma Schwee Gender Training and Research Officer MONUC Democratic Republic of Congo	Christel Steinvorth Knowledge Management Inter-American Development Bank USA
Kristine St-Pierre Research Analyst Pearson Peacekeeping Centre Canada	Lola Marisol Valladares Tayupanta UNIFEM, Andean Region Ecuador
Tracy Vaughan Gough Gender Mainstreaming Consultant UNICEF Kenya	Marie-Katherine Walker Gender Specialist Oxfam Canada
Haslinah Yacob Independent Trainer Malaysia	Albert Yeboah Obeng National Projects Coordinator Foresight Generation Club Ghana
Gabrielle Russo Policy Coordination Officer UN DPKO Mine Action Service US	Shazia Razzaque Associate Judical Monitoring Officer ONUCI Côte d'Ivoire
Aimee Therese Faye Project Monitor & Evaluation Officer MINUSTAH Haiti	Canon Joyce Nima BAS Uganda Joint Christian Council Uganda
Koh Miyaoi Regional Gender Policy Advisor UNDP Sri Lanka	Folade Mutota Coordinator Women's Institute for Alternative Development Trinidad & Tobago
Stephanie Garret Executive Director Women's Resource Centre University of Calgary Canada	Nestorine Campaore Sangare Executive Director Centre for Research & Intervention in Gender & Development Burkina Faso
Stella Makanya Gender Advisor UN Assistance Mission Afghanistan	Khamisa Mohamed Rajab Program Assistant UNICEF Sudan
Meena Sharma Youth Coordinator Search for Common Ground Nepal Nepal	Aine Ui Ghiollagain President FEFAF Ireland
Guadalupe Hernández Guerrero Consejo Estatal para Prevenir y Atender la Violencia Intrafamiliar Mexico	Frediane Ndikumana Independent Trainer CRS Burundi
Marcela Bordenave UMA Argentina	Anna Platonova Project Officer OSCE ODIHR Poland
Eva Richter UN Representative BPW-International US	Kristin Valasek Gender & SSR Project Coordinator Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces Switzerland
Margaret Capelazo Gender Specialist CHF Canada	Komila Rakhimova Gender Specialist UNDP Uzbekistan
Robyn Baron Program Officer, Humanitarian Unit Oxfam Canada	Ximena Jimenez CECOPAC Chile
Rinzi Pem Gender Focal Person UNDP Bhutan	Nadia Batool Training Specialist USAID Pakistan
Shelisa Howard-Martinez Independent Consultant & Trainer US	Zahid Mengal Executive Director Azat Foundation Pakistan
Ramesh Kumar Sharma Regional Manager Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Fund Development Board Nepal	Toiko Kleppe Advisor Analysis & Assessment Unit Fokus Norway
Dana Peebles Director Kartini International Canada	Janey Lawry-White Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist UNDP/BCPR US
Maria Jose Moreno Ruiz Senir Gender Advisor GTZ Morocco	Naomi Hansen Development Officer International Indigenous Women's Forum US
Annie Michele Salla Nzie Executive Director Women Care (WOCAN) Cameroon	Marie Sicat Social Affairs Officer UN Economic & Social Commission Thailand
Stephanie Chaban Research & Training Coordinator Palestinian Women's	Wilma Rojas Project Coordinator Up Center for Studies Foundation Inc Philippines
Lynda Dechief Violence & Women's Health Consultant Provincial Woman Abuse Response Program Canada	Elisabeth Hofmann Coordinator Réseau Genre en Action France
Susana Climent Technical Assistant Administrative Unit European Social Fund Spanish Ministry of Labour & Migration Spain	Nzungi Ngwele Programme Manager Women's Research & Development Institute Kenya
Carina van Vliet Associate Political Affairs Office United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs US	Gina Gallardo Rivas Program Coordinator IMO Dominican Republic
Jatinder Kaur Counsellor/Social Scientist Crime Against Women Cell Sangrur (Punjab) India	Samantha Willan Independent Consultant South Africa
John Mutamba Gender Specialist UNIFEM Rwanda	P.Ramesh Babu Project Director Gayatri Rural Educational Society India
Anuradha Mundkur Associate Director Flinders University Australia	Rose Gawaya Regional Training Director OXFAM GB South Africa
Sahar Shawa Programme Analyst UNDP Kuwait	Tzovig Ramian Independent Consultant Women's Humanitarian Organization & CRTDA Lebanon
Rocio Lucero Quiroga Academic Coordinator Centro de Estudios de Género INTEC Dominican Republic	Violet Barasa Intern Kenya Human Rights Comission Kenya
Christina Gross Military Project Manager/ Women in Defence & Security Department of National Defence- Canadian Forces Canada	Sara Benitez Deputy Women's Advocate Women's Advocate Office Puerto Rico US
Paula Beltgens Independent Consultant Canada	Julie Filteau Sergent-Détective Principal Service de Police de Lévis Cape Verde
Eve Sandberg President Strategic Research Inc. US	Arja Vainio-Mattila Independent Consultant Canada
Mohamamd Ismail Chairperson RISE Pakistan	Isaac Aggrey Founder / Chairperson Women Business Center South Africa
Catherine Hill Canada Independent Consultant	Jason Laker Associate VP & Dean of Student Affairs Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Queen's University at Kingston Canada
Willis Okumu Independent Trainer Kenya	Anne Elisabeth Kobaek Programme Officer UNDP Syria
Zakia Shefayee National Coordinator at CEDAW Initial Reporting Project Afghanistan	Elisabeth Lothe SSR Team DPKO US
Nadia S.K Al Alawi Bahrain Women Association Bahrain	Juliet Hunt Independent Consultant & Trainer Australia
Jacqueline J. Burgess President Millennium Sistahs Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	Mary Ruby Palma Gender and Development Resource and Coordinating Office Head of Office/Consultant for Training Philippines
Nobubele Christabel Mbekela Section Head: ETD Systems, Skills Development & QM South African Police Service South Africa	Yolanda Iriarte Gender Equality Monitoring Officer UNIFEM Palestinian Territories

MwtChenziRa Kahina Revolutionary Ancestral Wombmyn Per Ankh Institute Virgin Islands. US	Carmen Baugbog Gender Affairs Officer United Nations Mission in Sudan Philippines
Juliet Hunt Independent Consultant Australia	Nadia S.K Al Alawi Bahrain Women Association Bahrain
Ali Gohar Just peace International Founder/Guide Pakistan	Zakia Shefayee Policy Researcher UNIFEM Afghanistan
Anne Elisabeth Kobaek Programme Officer UNDP Syria	Willis Okumu Independent Consultant Kenya
Jason Laker Associate VP Dean of Student Affairs, Queen's University at Kingston Canada	Catherine Hil Independent Consultant Canada
Mohamamd Ismail Chairperson RISE Pakistan	Sylvia Banda Environmental Health Technologist Lecturer Ministry of health Zambia
Alejandra Massolo GIMTRAP A.C. Mexico	Paz Guarderas Centro de Formación Política "Mujeres y Ciudad" Municipio de Quito Ecuador
Silvia Vega Ugalde Coordinadora Pedagógica Centro Eurolatinoamericano Mujeres y Ciudad Sede Sudamericana Ecuador	Silvia Arriola Medellin Fundación para la Cultura del Maestro, A.C Mexico
Juliet Chinemelu Community Mobilisation Officer UN Volunteer-Lux Development Namibia	Jormaris Martínez Gómez Red de Mujeres Jóvenes Talento Colombia
Fikir Aseffa Bayouh Independent Consultant Ethiopia	Jannie Roemeling Roemeling Projectleiding Netherlands
Azmiya Baderdeen Independent Trainer Sri Lanka	Alicia Butterfield Graduate Student USA
Ibtissam Al-Farah Independent Trainer United Kingdom	Azizul Haque Sarder Senior Gender Trainer Bangladesh
Muniza Bashir Tarar General Manager / Independent Trainer NCHD Pakistan	Giorgia De Paoli Project Coordinator UN-INSTRAW Tunisia
Gisela Garzon de la Roza Consultant, Gender and Diversity Unit IADB USA	Omayma Elmardi Chair Woman National Sudanese Women Association (NSWA) Sudan
Nasiima Jassy Vector Control Division Ministry of Health Secretary to Bilharzia and Worm control programme Uganda	Amel Abdel Fadil Eldihaib Elradi Oxfam Canada Gender Advisor Sudan
Mark Bolak Funteh Peace Foundation for Inter-Group Conflicts (PEFIGC) Executive Director Cameroon	Veye Estella Kinga Independent Trainer Cameroon
Moira Wilkinson Consultant, Education & Gender Specialist UNICEF USA	Ravza Andelic UNDP Afghanistan
Maria Sangiuliano Provincia Di Venezia Women's Resources Centre Director Italy	Manav Sachdeva Consultant UNFPA USA
Khadka Bahadur Dil Program Officer Caritas Nepal	Mary Alison Lucille Lazarus Independent Consultant, & Trainer South Africa

Arn Sauer Independent Consultant Germany	Manisha Rajadhyaksha International Management & Economic Services India
Maria Williams Independent Consultant Afghanistan	Maria Goñi Independent Consultant Uruguay
Monika Larrson Gender Advisor EUFOR TChad/RCA Sweden	Nandhini Nagaratnam AusAID Capacity Development Manager Gender Policy & Coordination Section Australia
Gayle Nelson UNFPA Gender Technical Adviser Canada	Jeanette Gurung Executive Director WOCAN USA
Manuela Petersen Graybridge Malkham Learning Specialist Canada	Tesfay S. Tsegay Independent Trainer Ethiopia
Cecilia Lazarte Gender Coordinator Christian Aid Argentina	Reine Djuidje Kouam Head of the Subdepartment for Central America and Caribbean Affairs Ministry of External Relations Cameroon
Chantal Aimée Kingue Ekambi Gender Advisor at the Governance Programme Support Unit UNDP Democratic Republic of Congo	Nancy Cairns-Pietrangelo Adjunct Faculty Women's Studies California State University United States of America
Elizabeth Villagomez Senior Partner Almenara Estudios Económicos y Sociales, S.L. Spain	Corey Barr Consultant UN-INSTRAW Dominican Republic
Getaneh Gobezie Project Officer Global Remittances Project INAFI International Ethiopia	Bertha Cecilia Garcia Cienfuegos Executive Director Regional Association for Engineer Women Peru
Eva Ronhaar War Child Holland / Middle East Program Officer and Advocacy Officer Jerusalem	Galit Wolfensohn UNICEF Gender Policy Specialist, Office of Emergency Programmes United States of America

Dorothy Boatemah-Ameyaw Voice of Sub-Sahara African Women Director Netherlands	Bishnu Prasad Bastola Forum for Human Rights and Public Health-Nepal(Friendship-Nepal) Chairperson Nepal
Afia Appiah Hedge, Ghana Executive Director Afghanistan	Arshad Nazeer Bhutta Legal & Financial Management Advisors (LAFMA) Managing Director Pakistan
Dr. Mamta Tiwari Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kota Sr. Assistant Professor India	Fatma Ibnouf University of Khartoum Assistant Professor Sudan
Fatma Ibnouf University of Khartoum Assistant Professor Sudan	Marueen Fordham Northumbria University Principal Lecturer in Disaster Management United Kingdom
Muzzafar Hussain Memon Nisa Development Organization and women Resource Centre Sr.Program Officer Pakistan	Rosa Varela Bertone Parlamento Uruguayo - Cámara Diputados Secretaria de Bancada Parlamentaria Uruguay
Bhwana Gupta Indira Gandhi National Open University Consultant India	Nielsen Perez UN-INSTRAW Project Officer Dominican Republic
Arimyrna Yekeh UNDP Temporary Staff Liberia	Irene Mkini Lugalla Tumaini University Iringa University College Assistant Lecturer in Gender and Research Methodologies Tanzania
Khandaker M. Shamim Social Development Programme (SODEP) Executive Director Bangladesh	Maria Brodesco RSI Executive Director Moldova
Farhan Abdi Jama Somalia	Zereth Maria del Rocio Reyes Mexico
Rieky Stuart Gender at Work Senior Associate Canada	Jennifer Breslin UNIFEM KM Specialist United States of America
Susana Ackerman PRIGEPP-FLACSO Argentina Post-Degree for teachers- Medellín Argentina	Eduardo Perdomo UN-INSTRAW Independent Consultant Dominican Republic
Aanu Rotimi Developemnt Initiative for community enhancement Program Officer Nigeria	Juan Miguel Palma Pena Programa Interdisciplinario de Estudios de la Mujer-El Colegio de México Investigation assistant-Portal web on Gender constructor Mexico
Finda Fraser Advocacy Movement Network Women's Coordinator Sierra Leone	Chiranjibi Rijal University of Applied Science Student Nepal
Caroline Kego Laker Irish Aid Uganda Gender and Equity Advisor Uganda	Josephine Wanjiru Gichuhi UN-HABITAT Independent Trainer Kenya
Carmen Castro-García SinGENEROdeDUDAS Coordinator Spain	Noshaba Zafar USAID-RISE Project Gender Advisor Pakistan
Maria Jesusa Pajarillo Philippine National Police Chief, Research Section Philippines	Bihonegn Teferi Bahir Dar City Administration Women's Affaire Office Gender Mainstreaming Team coordinator Ethiopia
Maria Dimopoulos Independent Consultant Australia	Gabriel Arigu Nigerian Army Assistant Chief of Staff G1 Nigeria
Lucie Flora Simo Association pour le Developpement et la Promotion de la Femme (ADEPROFE) President Cameroon	Suneetha Mohamed Depertment of Gender and Family Protection Service Asst. Social Service Officer Maldives

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