The Expert is a Gender & Social Inclusion International Development specialist across multiple global south countries - She holds a Ph.D. in Gender & Postcolonial Studies, University of Sydney, Australia, 2005.
The Expert is an experienced senior consultant and academic with 15+ years in educational program design and management across humanitarian and development sectors, including democracy, education, civil society, and government collaboration in diverse global regions. Her expertise in creating effective development programs with a focus on inclusion and sustainable livelihoods.
- Inclusive community-based programming
- Capacity building
- Civil society strengthening networking
- Governance
- Gender and social inclusion, youth and women empowerment
- Human rights
- Access to justice; peace building, strategic planning, program design and management, policy analysis and communication.
- Gender Manager – International Development Division, CABI global, Wallingford, UK 2023 - present
- Team Lead – Gender Equality Support Unit, DT Global and Australian High Commission 2022 - 2023
- Regional Manager MENA – The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, Amman, Jordan 2021 - 2022
- Gender Access to Justice Expert – IDLO RIIALS, Afghanistan 2019 - 2021
- Program Manager PERSEVERE – CARE USA 2018 - 2019
- Editor in Chief: Nina – Iraq online magazine 2017 -2019
- Education Specialist: Gender – Commonwealth of Learning, Canada; Vancouver 2017 - 2018
- Director of Youth and Gender Programming, USAID Afghanistan Civic Engagement (ACEP) – Counterpart International, Afghanistan; Kabul 2015 - 2015
- Gender Expert, USAID Afghanistan Civic Engagement (ACEP) – Counterpart International, Afghanistan; Kabul 2014 - 2015
- Gender Integration Specialist, Access to Justice – Development Training Services for Tetra Tech DPK, USAID Iraq; Bagdad 2012 - 2013
- Director – Hilary Rodham Clinton Women’s Empowerment Centre, Morocco; Ifrane 2011 - 2012
- Director – Tolerancy International. Iraq; Erbil 2006 - 2010
- Visiting Scholar – Center for Peace and Conflict Studies University of Sydney 2010 - 2010
- Head of Department – University of Kurdistan Hawler (UKH). Iraq; Erbil 2006 - 2009
- Lecturer, Department of Sociology & Social Policy – University of Sydney, Australia 2001 - 2005
Journal Articles
- Phelps, S. “The repetition of Race in Reconciling Australia” Balayi: Culture, Law and Colonialism Vol 6, August 2004
- “Spectacles of Honor: Barbarism Within Civilized Reactions to Public Killings”, The International Journal of the Humanities 2008 Vol 6.
- Report: The Acceptance of Each Other: Towards Common Solutions to Shared Problems: Tolerancy International www.tolerancy.org 2009.
- The Limits of Admittance and Diversity: Femininity and body of Du’a: Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions (December 2010).
- People with Disabilities and Access to Justice in Iraq: Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. Prepared for Development Training Services, In. (DTS) and ARD, Inc. through Tetra Tech DPK (September 2013).
- Widows, Value Networks and Access to Justice in Iraq: Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. Prepared for Development Training Services, In. (DTS) and ARD, Inc. through Tetra Tech DPK (September 2013).
- Unregistered Marriages and Access to Justice: Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. Prepared for Development Training Services, In. (DTS) and ARD, Inc. through Tetra Tech DPK (September 2013).
- ‘Rusty Razor blades and State of the Art Cameras: In Search of Human Rights for Kurdish Girls’. http://cultureproject.org.uk (September 2016).
- “Reducing the Impact of Insecurity on the Afghan Legal System (RIIALS) – Gender Analysis”. International Development Law Organisation (May 2020).
- “Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion Strategy for Australia’s Aid Programme in Solomon Islands”. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Australia February 2023).
Book Chapter
- Chapter Five, in, Lynda-Ann Blanchard & Leah Chan (2009) Iraq, Never Again: Ending War, Building Peace USYD Press: Sydney.