​​​Project: Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition in Southeast Asia: Women-led Coal Transition Mechanism

Donor: Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Position: Social Development & Gender/Social Safeguards Specialist

Years: 2024

Location: Indonesia

Sector: Just energy transition 

Activities: Worked in close partnership with associations and CSOs in Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra and Sulawesi to ensure the voices and needs of women were included and reflected in policy programs, recommendations and national and regional plans related to the transition from coal to renewable energies. 

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Project: Support to Waste Management and Development of Circular Economy in Georgia

Donor: European Union (EU)

Position: Circular Economy and GESI Specialist

Years: 2024

Location: Georgia

Sectors: Circular economy, waste management, sustainable consumption and production

Activities: (1) Developed the program for a technical study tour on best practices of circular economy  in the waste sector in Italy for a delegation of Ministry officials; (2) Conducted a gender and social inclusion assessment of the current waste management sector in Georgia, with recommendations to mainstream GESI in the circular economy plans of the country.

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Project: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC)

Donor: Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Position: Gender and Climate Trainer

Years: 2024

Location: Kazakhstan

Sectors: Climate change mitigation and adaptation

Activities: Developed and delivered training contents on the Gender and Climate nexus for a dedicated "Gender and Climate Change" capacity building program provided by the ADB for stakeholders of the 11 countries covered by its CAREC Program to address the unique challenges and opportunities that gender dynamics present in climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in the region.

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Project: Food for Progress 

Donor: United States Department of Agriculture

Position: Gender and Social Inclusion Expert

Years: 2024

Location: Tunisia

Sectors: Sustainable agriculture, climate change

Activities: Conducted research and provided support in the design and development of a food security and climate smart agriculture project in Tunisia, funded under the USDA Food for Progress program, ensuring that gender, youth, and social inclusion are effectively integrated throughout the proposal.​ 

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Project: Promoting Women’s Economic Participation in the Energy Sector in Central Asia

Donor: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)  

Position: Women in Energy Senior Expert

Years: 2022 - 2024

Location: Austria, Central Asia

Sectors: Access to energy, renewable energy, clean cooking

Activities: Mainstreamed gender into the design and implementation of pilot projects, training and conferences promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in the energy sector in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan). 

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Project: Strengthening Research and Innovation ecosystems to address the impact of climate change in the Pacific (RERIPA)

Donor: European Union (EU)

Position: ROM Evaluator

Years: 2023  

Location: Fiji and Vanuatu

Sectors: Climate change, research and innovation

Activities: Evaluated the gender mainstreaming capacity for the regional RERIPA project aimed at developing an inclusive research and innovation environment across the Pacific region to face climate change impacts. The multi-country project covers Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshal Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

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Project: ENERGIA International Network on Gender & Sustainable Energy

Donor: Asian Development Bank (ADB), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

Position: Women’s Economic Empowerment Senior Project Manager

Years: 2021 - 2022

Location: The Netherlands, Sub-Saharan Africa, Nepal

Sectors: Energy, clean cooking 

Activities: Implemented and further developed ENERGIA’s women's economic empowerment portfolio, overseeing and ensuring effective management, implementation and delivery of women’s economic empowerment projects via access to clean energy and promotion of productive uses of energy. Managed the “Gender and Energy Innovation Facility” that fostered innovation on access to clean energy. Strong focus on women’s entrepreneurship, gender mainstreaming in programmes on energy access, just energy transition, climate change, environment.

Project: Vital Voices Grow
Organisation: Vital Voices Global Partnership 

Position: Marketing Trainer
Years: 2017 - 2018
Location: Global    
Sectors: Women’s entrepreneurship 
Activities: Coached, advised and trained women SME entrepreneurs from Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa selected for the prestigious global professional incubator for female entrepreneurs “Vital Voices Grow”. Training and coaching sessions included methods to identify business value proposition and effective product/service promotion. Guidance about marketing, communications, social media strategies, customer and market segmentation.

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Project: SWITCH-Asia Network Facility

Donor: European Union (EU)

Position: Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Expert

Years: 2013 - 2017

Location: Germany, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia

Topics: Cross-industry sustainable consumption and production, climate change mitigation adaptation, circular economy, green growth 

Activities: Handled budget of €1.2 million for communication, knowledge management and networking activities in line with EU Project Management and visibility guidelines. Developed the gender component of the Programme: initiated an assessment of the nexus between SCP and gender; produced case studies on SCP and women’s empowerment; conducted analytic study “Advancing Sustainable Development & Women’s Empowerment in Asia”. Stakeholder relations: developed relations and partnerships with European and Asian CSOs and SMEs, municipal, national and international authorities, international organisations, academia, industry associations.

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Project: Train the Trainers
Donor: European Union (EU)
Position: Team Leader
Years: 2009 - 2013
Location: China    
Sectors: Energy efficiency, construction, urbanisation
Activities: Responsible for overall EU grant management: project planning and implementation, strategic and operational coordination of the project team, financial management (€3 million), result-based monitoring, quality assurance, internal audits, donor reporting, events. Mainstreamed gender and ensured balanced participation of male and female trainees. Coordinated ca. 50 train the trainer sessions with in total more than 1,500 Chinese SME professionals and government officials across China. Fostered private-public partnerships that led to the development of a self-sufficient training centre the "Sino-European energy-efficient building training and research centre".

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Organisation : The Development Executive Group (DevEx) 

Position: International Development Correspondent
Years: 2008 
Location: Japan   
Sectors: International aid, development and humanitarian cooperation 
Activities: For the social enterprise’s newly set-up Tokyo office provided inputs to the development and outreach of DevEx Japan office, particularly to its strategy of expanding interactions of the Japanese development sector with global counterparts. Helped to increase knowledge and understanding of global development actors, practices and business opportunities at a time when Japanese ODA was declining and the national players had to turn to international funding sources.  
 

Organisation: EU Chamber of Commerce in China 
Position held: Marketing & Events Manager
Years: 2005 - 2007
Location: China
Sectors: Lobbying and advocacy, trade, private sector support
Activities: Managed and represented the Marketing & Events Department of the Shanghai chapter of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China – the main lobbying and advocacy trade organisation for European private sector in China - working in close cooperation with the Trade Section of the EU Delegation to China. Liaised with foreign SMEs working in China, EU institutions in Europe and China, international branches of the EU Chamber of Commerce, international diplomatic missions, chambers of commerce, local and international media, NGOs and academia.