Joanna Lindner is the head of policy for aid and development effectiveness at the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID). She was previously the senior advocacy adviser and humanitarian coordinator with ACFID and has worked with members of all parties within the Australian Parliament at the Australian Reproductive Health Alliance where she led advocacy on women's empowerment, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Prior to that she worked with the Asian South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education.