Board Members

Board Members

Dr. Tazeen Saeed Ali

Chair

Professor and Assistant Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Aga Khan University. First nurse to obtain a PhD from Karolinska Institute, helped to develop the Nursing PhD stream. Widely published nationally & internationally around: sexual & reproductive health, research methods, public health nursing, gender discrimination & professional development. For further details, see https://www.aku.edu/sonampk/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?ProfileID=40&Name=Tazeen+Saeed+Ali

Ms. Kausar S. Khan

Treasurer Programme & Finance Committees

Educator/researcher/trainer with Community Engagement Group, (Interactive Research Development); Visiting faculty Aga Khan University & its Bioethics group. Deeply concerned about social justice & unlocking people’s own powers. Major projects include: Participatory Poverty Assessment; Tawana Project (girls’ malnutrition); equity analysis by communities, benchmarks of fairness in healthcare, women’s empowerment & participatory action research. For further details, see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kausar-S-Khan

Ms. Fauzia Kerai

Head, HR & Admin sub-committee

Human Capital Consultant with over 25 years of experience integrating people’s issues with business strategies; collaborating with business partners in creating strategic road maps for cultural and organizational transformation; developed HR policies & procedures. For more details see https://www.linkedin.com/in/fauziakeraikhan/

Dr. Anoosh Khan

Head, Programme Sub-committee

Professor & Chair Department of Gender Studies, University of Peshawar. Focus on identity formation of women as influenced by various ideological state apparatuses. Research interests include discourse analysis, ideology, citizenship and belonging with a broader focus on media studies, linguistic and cultural anthropology, gender & literature, gender & human rights. Former member, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women. For further details see: http://www.uop.edu.pk/departments/Teaching-Faculty/?r=472&q=Dr-Anoosh-Khan

Dr. Fauzia Shamim

Member (2nd term)

Professor & Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences, Ziauddin University. Teacher-educator-researcher in Pakistan and abroad, including applied linguistics. Skilled in English as a Second Language (ESL), Qualitative Research Design, Program Design and Evaluation, Context-Appropriate Pedagogy, and use of Educational Technology in the Classroom.  Widely published in peer-reviewed journals and editor of 3 books; serves on editorial and advisory boards of national & international journals. For further details see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fauzia-Shamim

Ms. Huma Fouladi

Member

Freelance social activist, women rights defender in (Quetta, Balochistan). Heads Rights Research & Development Foundation that focuses on Home-based workers, Legal awareness and free Legal Aid Services and runs a women’s drug rehabilitation centre (KOMAK). Independent researcher on different tribal and social issues women are facing in Balochistan province.