| Professional
experience record |
| 2012 (Jan, Febr.) |
Team member of the feasibility study on the Use of Metal Silos to Reduce Post-harvest Losses of Grains (SDC), Central Corridor of Tanzania |
| 2011 (Nov., Dec.) |
Team leader of the end-term evaluation of the project ‘Women Empowerment in Zanzibar’ (CARE), Tanzania |
| 2011 (May, September) |
Facilitator of Face-to-Face workshops for the ICCO Alliance (ICCO), the Netherlands |
| 2011 (June – October) |
Study to explore the market opportunities of a comprehensive approach focusing on supporting NGOs/CBOs worldwide engaged in HIV/STI prevention for LGBT (Schorer) |
| 2010
(April - Dec.) |
Lead facilitator
of the Gender Equality Self-Assessment for Plan Sierra Leone
(May), Plan Cameroon (October) and Plan Vietnam (November/December)
(Plan Finland), Sierra Leone , Cameroon , Vietnam; Developing a Facilitator's Manual for Gender Equality Self Assessment
(Plan Finland/ Plan International) |
| 2010
(June – November) |
Co-evaluator
of the Energy Access Programme (MFS-I funded) implemented by
EASE (Energy Access network) and ENERGIA (Gender and Energy
network) with field trips to Nepal , Tanzania
(ETC Foundation) |
| 2010 (March), 2009
(Sept -Nov.) |
Support
to the MFS II application process: Context analysis to
support the MFSII application (Dance4Life); Gender advisor to
the MFSII application (Plan NL), The Netherlands |
| 2010 (Febr.) |
Study on HIV mainstreaming
models and sustainability for JOHMET, East Africa (Oxfam International/GB)
|
| 2009 (Nov-Dec.) |
Developing
a handbook for farmer leaders as promoters of farmers groups
in the context of farmers organizations (part 1) (Agriterra),
The Netherlands |
2009 (April - June)
2008 (May, June) |
Developing the 'Facilitator's
Guide to support NGOs in assessing their gender mainstreaming
competence in the organisation and programs' (for Oxfam Novib),
The Netherlands |
2008 (June) -
2009 (March) |
Exploratory study on capacities
of organisations and networks of People Living with HIV/AIDS
(PLHIV) and their role in putting the GIPA Principle (Greater/Meaningful
involvement of PLHIV) into practice (STOP AIDS NOW!, The Netherlands),
Africa, Asia, Latin America |
2009 (February) |
Team leader of the participatory
evaluation of the Gender Programme of Same Diocese (Misereor),
Tanzania |
2009 (January) |
Supporting the International
Department of the Norwegian Association of Handicapped in
the development of a gender strategy (NAD), Norway
|
2008 (October) |
Team leader of the mid-term
evaluation of the social marketing project 'Environmental
Agri-business Marketing Project for small farmers' (CEOSS),
Egypt |
2008 (February, June) |
Inputs in various courses
on HIV and AIDS for master students (Wageningen University,
The Netherlands) |
2008 (April),
2007 (October, August, March, February) |
Designing and facilitating
a Training of Facilitators to build participants' capacities
to support NGOs in self-assessing their HIV and AIDS competence
in four countries: Malawi (Cordaid), Kenya
(Oxfam Novib/JOHMET), Uganda (Oxfam Novib/STOP
AIDS NOW!/Acord), Bangladesh
(Oxfam Novib/HASAB). A workshop in Pakistan
(Oxfam Novib) was geared to familiarise the participants with
the methodology. |
2008 (April)
2007 (September, March) |
Facilitating a self-assessment
of HIV and AIDS competence using a gender perspective in three
countries: Malawi (Oxfam Novib, The Hunger
Project Malawi), Kenya (Oxfam Novib/PeaceNet),
Uganda (Oxfam Novib/LABE). |
2007 (Sept.) -
2008 (March) |
Support to the development
of the mission and mandate of the Programme Women and Violence
(Cordaid), The Netherlands |
2008 (March) |
Design and facilitation
of a short training on gender concepts and practice (SIMAVI),
The Netherlands |
2007 (November) |
Team leader of the Participatory
Gender and Rights Audit of the Kampala Office of DanChurchAid
(Political Space and HIV and AIDS Programmes). (DanChurchAid),
Uganda |
2007 (May, June) |
Evaluation of the regional
EMPOWERS Partnership Project on local water governance (CARE
International/EU), Egypt, Jordan,
Palestine |
2006 (December) |
Designing and facilitating
a training on Strengthening Gender Mainstreaming in Environment
and Energy. UNDP Environment and Energy Group, UNDP
Headquarters, New York |
2006 (November) |
Designing and conducting
a training on leadership concepts and skills for agricultural
researchers and policy makers in the ASARECA region
(CIAT/ECAPAPA), venue: Uganda |
2006 (January-October) |
Developing a Facilitator's
Guide for NGOs to self-assess their HIV and AIDS competence
using a gender perspective (Oxfam Novib, testing in Mozambique
and India) |
2005 (Nov. - December |
Team leader of the participatory
evaluation of the Agro-Environmental Expansion Project, Minia
and Beni Sueif Governorates, (ICCO/CEOSS), Egypt
|
2005 (June-November) |
Facilitator in the gender
mainstreaming process of PLAN Netherlands (policy development)
(Plan NL), Netherlands |
2005 (October/Nov.) |
Designing and conducting
a certificate course on Technology, Gender & Development
for the Uganda Rural Development and Training Institute. (ETC
Energy/TTP). Uganda |
2005 (June, July) |
Team leader of the participatory
evaluation of the WID/GAD Programme of Mbulu Diocese (Misereor),
Tanzania |
2005 (irregular inputs) |
Advising on the quality
of the programme evaluation on food security (Novib), The
Netherlands |
2005 (June) |
Training to build staff
capacity to support gender mainstreaming (Novib, Bureau for
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and MAGHREB), Netherlands
|
2005 (March, April) |
Support to Heifer NL’s
strategic planning process including an assessment of its
projects in Africa and Eastern Europe (Heifer Nederland),
Netherlands |
2004 (Dec), 2005 (Febr.) |
Development of the Training
Manual Gender Equality and Good Governance for CEOSS, Egypt,
Netherlands |
2004 (November) |
Team leader of the evaluation
of the WID/GAD Programme of Ethiopian Catholic Church (Misereor),
Ethiopia |
2004 (July - September) |
Strategy Evaluation of the
Asia Programme of FNV Mondiaal, including a mission to India
(FNV-Mondiaal/IAC) |
2004 (May - September) |
Evaluation of the Asia/South
Pacific Program of Heifer Project International with a focus
on Vietnam, Cambodia,
Indonesia (country
program offices) and Hong Kong (fundraising
office) (HPI) |
2004 (May, June,
Sept.) |
Facilitator in the gender
mainstreaming process of PLAN Netherlands (capacity building,
planning support) (Plan NL), The Netherlands
|
2004 (April) |
Facilitator of a short workshop
on Gender and Advocacy (Novib), The Netherlands |
2004 (March) |
Facilitator of a workshop
on “Gender and Human Rights Advocacy” for NGOs
in Southern African NGOs (NIZA), Zambia |
2004 - 2001, 1999 |
Co-facilitator and resource
person in the annual international course on "Gender,
Organisational Change, Agriculture and leadership" (IAC).
The Netherlands |
2003 (Dec.), 2004 (March) |
Evaluation of the Women’s
Funds Programme of Mama Cash (Mama Cash/Novib), The
Netherlands, India
|
2003 (November) |
Facilitator in a workshop
for local gender focal points on planning and strategizing
for gender mainstreaming, (Vredeseilanden/VECO). Belgium
|
2003 (June) |
Mission to start-up the
Energy and Poverty Programme EASE in Vietnam. (ETC Energy)
Vietnam. |
2003 (June)
2002 (Nov/Dec) |
Facilitator and co-ordinator
of the course ‘Gender and Rural Transformation in Cambodia,
Lao PDR and Vietnam: planning and implementing gender mainstreaming’
(venue: Philippines). June 2003: follow-up of the training
course: coaching visits to and a workshop for the participants
in Vietnam. (IAC/SEARCA). The Philippines
and Vietnam. |
2003 (April/May), 2002
(October) |
Institutional support to
the gender mainstreaming process in the Ministry of Water
Resources and Irrigation, Egypt (macro-level policy development,
strengthening gender unit, capacity building). (APP). Egypt.
|
2003 (April) |
Facilitator of a training
on Gender in the Work for an Egyptian NGO (CEOSS/ETC). Egypt.
|
2002 (May, June) |
Facilitator in three Communication
trainings on HIV/AIDS and Gender (Novib). The Netherlands.
|
2002 (April) |
Trainer of the ToT Course
on Gender & Technology for the Uganda Rural Development
and Training Centre. (ETC Energy/TTP). Uganda.
|
2002 (March), 2001 (Nov.)
|
Facilitator of three Gender
Audits at ILO Headquarters, Geneva (for GDTC and ILO). Switzerland.
|
2002 (Febr., March),
2001 (Dec.) |
Facilitator of a strategy-workshop
and a preparatory meeting for an energy/gender network (ENERGIA),
followed by proposal development with capacity building for
its Phase III. (ETC Energy). The Netherlands. |
2001 (Sept.) |
Team member in the Mid-Term
Review of a social welfare/housing programme in the plantation
sector (Plantation Development Support Programme) (for RNE).
Sri Lanka. |
2001 (April, June) |
Facilitator in short workshops
on strategy development and vision/mission formulation (ETC-I,
ETC-NL), The Netherlands. |
2001 (February) |
Resource person/participant
in a Search Conference on ‘An integrated approach to
water management and food security’. The Netherlands
|
2000 (Oct. - Dec.) |
Involvement in a participatory
study on the relationship of local and government initiatives
focusing on promoting the quality of life in rural areas in
the North of the Netherlands (Province Groningen). The Netherlands.
|
2000 (June) |
Team leader evaluation of
a network of organisations engaged in sustainable land use
in Ethiopia and Eritrea (Novib), Ethiopia.
|
1997 - 2000 |
Involvement in the support
project to institutes in the Himalaya-Kush Region aiming at
gender mainstreaming in these organisations (ICIMOD/DGIS),
Nepal. As: Resource person/facilitator on
organisational development and gender in two courses (Sept.,
Dec. 1997, 1998); Monitoring and backstopping the gender mainstreaming
process in institutes in India, China, Nepal
involved in the project (April, 1999); Lead facilitator and
resource person in a refresher course on skills development
of change agents in institutes involved in the project (Nov.
1999); Facilitator and coach of the local training team in
the (third) course (Jan., April 2000). Development of a training
manual covering the various trainings undertaken ‘Gender
and organisational change’ (Sept-Oct.2000). |
1999 (May-Oct.),
2000 July) |
Support to the development
of a gender policy of Cordaid through a participatory review
and formulation process (Cordaid), the Netherlands. |
1998 (Nov.),
1999 (March) |
Advisor on participatory
policy development/implementation concerning ethnic minorities
(Municipality Huizen), The Netherlands. |
1998 (Jan. -July) |
Team leader Impact Assessment
Study Ratnapura IRDP covering a 12-year period (DGIS), Sri
Lanka. |
1998 (Febr.) |
Facilitator of a self-assessment
workshop on organisational change and gender integration (Novib),
The Netherlands. |
1997 (Nov.), 1998 (March)
|
Support mission to strengthen
institutional aspects in the WID Programme of an irrigation
project in South Sumatra (Haskoning/EU), Indonesia.
|
1997 (June/July) |
Team leader Evaluation Mission
of a NGO focusing on sustainable land use and community development
(Novib), Eritrea. |
1997 (Mar./Apr.) |
Synthesis study for Policy
Development on Food Security and Nutritional Improvement (final
part of Programme Evaluation VPO Programme). (NOVIB, CARITAS
NL, Dutch Interchurch Aid). |
1997 (Febr.) |
Resource person on Social/Gender
analysis in Agricultural Research/Extension (ICRA, IAC), The
Netherlands. |
1996 (Dec.) |
Resource person on participatory
approaches in Natural Resource Management in a course on “Environment
and Sustainable Development” (DGIS/SNV), The Netherlands.
|
1996 (Sept.) |
Evaluation of Participatory
Rural Development Project (involvement of rural poor in development
through self-help groups) (FAO/DGIS), Pakistan.
|
1996 (June), 1997 (June)
|
Missions to promote participation
and gender issues in a sustainable land use project of a Haitian
NGO (ICCO), Haiti. |
1996 (April) |
Facilitator and resource
person of a workshop on organisational analysis and gender
for south-east Asian NGOs (NOVIB), Thailand.
|
1995 (Nov.), 1996 (July)
|
Team leader Programme Evaluation
on Food Security and Nutrition Improvement (Preparation, mission
to India (March 1996), reporting). (NOVIB,
Caritas NL, Dutch Interchurch Aid). |
1996 (Jan, Aug.), 1997 Jan) |
Co-organiser and leader
of the course "Environment and Sustainable Development
(DGIS/SNV), The Netherlands. |
1995 (July) |
Facilitator of a workshop
on Gender in Agro-Forestry/Agriculture (Extension) Programmes
and Projects (ETC-K), Kenya. |
1995 (June),
1997 (Jan./Feb.) |
Missions to design and establish
a monitoring and evaluation system of the project “Action
to Assist Rural Women in Tanzania” directed towards
self-sustained women's groups (ILO), Tanzania.
|
1995 (May, June) |
Resource person for the
Review of the Environmental Impact Statement of APWELL, India
(Working group Environmental Impact Assessment), The Netherlands.
|
1995 (April-June) |
Support to the Programme
Sustainable Land Use in Latin-America (analysis of counterpart
projects) (ICCO), The Netherlands. |
1995 (Feb.) |
Backstopping of the Programme
Evaluations of Income Generating Promotion and Development
Programmes of CFOs (FACET), The Netherlands. |
1994 (Nov.), 1995 (Dec.)
|
Backstopping missions to
the Advisor on Women's Participation, Technical Assistance
Team to the Plantations Housing and Social Welfare Trust and
the Women & Development Advisor IRDP-Nuwara Eliya
(DGIS), Sri Lanka. |
1994 - 1996 |
Co-organiser and leader
of the annual international course on "Gender in Policy
Development for Sustainable Land Use" (IAC/ETC), The
Netherlands. |
1994 (Oct.) |
Mid-Term Review People's
Participation Project (rural development through the promotion
of self-help organisations) (FAO/DGIS), Zambia.
|
1994 (May) |
Facilitator of a short workshop
on "Gender policy and its operationalisation" (Novib-South-East
Asia Bureau), The Netherlands. |
1994 |
Compilation of pilot Gender
Assessment Studies and publication (DGIS), The Netherlands.
|
1994 (Feb.-July) |
Team leader of the Programme
Evaluation on Sustainable Land Use in Southern Africa (preparation,
mission to Botswana and reporting) (HIVOS/DGIS). |
1993 (Dec.) |
Review of the gender project
"Training and support of women groups in agriculture"
(part of an extension project) (Coopibo), Tanzania.
|
1993 (Oct.-Nov.) |
Evaluations of integrated
water management project with a focus on farmers' participation
(Systems Rehabilitation Project) (DGIS and World Bank), Bangladesh
|
1993 (Jan.-August) |
Team leader Technical Assistance
Project concerning training programmes for female informal
sector workers for the Non-formal Education Project III (World
Bank), Indonesia. |
1993 (June) |
Mission on sociological
and institutional issues of water resources management (farmers'
participation) for Capacity Building in Water Resources Sector
Project (UNDP), Yemen. |
1992 (June-July) |
Production of a manual for
field staff of development projects directed towards self-reliance
of rural poor, with a focus on group formation, promotion
of income generation, participatory monitoring and evaluation
(FAO), The Netherlands. |
1992 (May) |
Production of an inventory
of Rapid Rural Appraisal methods applicable for Gender Impact
Study (ISSAS), The Netherlands. |
1991 (July, Oct.-Nov.)
1992 (Jan-Feb,
Sep., Dec.), 1993
(Feb., July) |
Support missions focusing
on planning, action research, participatory training on irrigation
management and gender issues and on the production of a training
module for the Production Management Unit Project (DGIS),
India. |
1991 (Jan.-March) |
Review of the Women in Development
Action Programme of the DGIS, The Netherlands. |
1991 (Jan.) |
Consultancy on feasibility
of urban settlement preferences and training of officials
(Urban Implant Development, Bussum), The Netherlands. |
1990 (May),1991
(Sep.-Oct.), 1992 (Oct.) |
Backstopping missions to
monitor, advise on M&E, institutional development and
income generation/micro enterprise development (on and off-farm)
and train staff of the People's Participation Project (FAO),
Swaziland. |
1990 - 1992 |
Resource person in WID courses
on participatory monitoring and evaluation from a gender perspective
of small enterprises/income generation programmes and projects
in general, women's participation and organisation, gender
planning and women in development, The Netherlands. |
1990 (Sep.) |
Identification mission for
the People's Participation Programme (rural development through
promotion of self-help organisations) (FAO), Mozambique.
|
1988 - 1990 |
Rural sociologist responsible
for project management, set up of a monitoring and evaluation
system, training of staff and beneficiaries, extension, production
of training material, income generation/credit through on
and off-farm activities in the People's (Women's) Participation
Project (rural development through promotion of selfhelp organisations)
(FAO), Swaziland. |
1987 |
Lecturer Women's studies
at the Department of Women's Studies, Agricultural
University of Wageningen, The Netherlands. |
1984 - 1986 |
Rural sociologist responsible
for project management, set up of a monitoring and evaluation
system, training of staff and beneficiaries, extension, income
generation/credit (on and off-farm activities), women's and
literacy programmes in the People's Participation Project
(rural development through promotion of self-help organisations)
(FAO), Pujehun, Sierra Leone. |
1985, 1976, 1979 |
Various orientation/study
visits to development projects and governmental institutions
in Kenya, Tanzania,
Zambia and China
and Colombia. |
