Naima Imam Chowdhury

Professional Specialization Intensive work experience in Asia and Africa on Gender Equality, Women Empowerment and International Development. Worked in Asia, Africa, and North America; countries included Canada, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mali, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, South Africa, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. •Proficient to analyze and assess underlying causes and situations of different issues e.g. Gender aspects of relevant political, social and economic trends and provide strategic inputs to project formulation, implementation, and asses impact logic, monitoring and evaluation, joint programming initiatives, project and fund management in national development frameworks. •Have participatory communication skills needed to search gender issues, barriers in diversified perspective and identify innovative and effective strategies to address the issues concerning the geographic location, environment, socio-economic structure of the working areas. •I am proficient in Advocacy and Partnership development between Government, Donors, Private sectors, Associations and Civil Societies including Media. •Proficient in Market development, Value chain analysis, BDS, Women’s Leadership Development, Women Entrepreneurship Development (WED) for poor and marginalized women and Gender in Businesses (SME) and corporate sectors. •Have significant experience in Climate Change and impact issues, experienced in Disaster and Emergency responses and to address women and children’s vulnerabilities. Specialties: Specialist for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women from a Rights Based Approach (Special Emphasis on Women's Economic and Political Empowerment and to prevent Violence against Women and Girls)