Consulting Services
Consulting on projects focusing on civil society and gender in the Middle East and Asia for non-profit organizations, government agencies, law firms, private businesses, and publishing companies. My assignments have varied widely and include the following:
Research and report writing (country conditions in the MENA and South Asia, women’s rights issues, violence against women)
Evaluation of programs, projects, and curricula
Concept Design, Project Design
Standardized Test Design
Manuscript evaluation and editing
Summary of Skills
Experience preparing written expert witness reports and providing in-court and telephonic testimony for clients in the U.S. and U.K.
Knowledge of a broad range of quantitative and qualitative research methods, including gender and women’s studies, cultural analysis, institutional analysis, participant observation, action research, case studies, literary analysis, and interviewing
Fifteen years of social development experience with analytical expertise in social analysis, gender development, partnership development with government, academic, NGO, and civil society networks
Nineteen years of anthropological and ethnographic fieldwork experience in gender, religious movements, ethnic and religious conflict, Islam, family and broader social networks, and demographic change
Regional experience in India, Pakistan, Egypt, Libya, Turkey, Dubai, France, and England
Excellent conceptual, analytical, research, evaluation, writing, and translation skills
Excellent oral and interpersonal skills
Fluent in French, Hindi, Urdu; can read, write, translate, comprehend, and speak Arabic (Modern Standard and colloquial Egyptian) and Turkish moderately well
Professional translation experience into and from French, Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic
Skilled at using the Internet for research; experienced public speaker
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, SPSS, Wordpress, Blackboard online learning
Past Clients:
USAID and Higher Education in Development (HED)
Prometric
CAORC (Council of American Overseas Research Centers)
American Council on Education
Burdeshaw Associates
Atrinova
Savan Group
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Raising Voices