Appointed a IFJ Gender Council Member for 2022-2025. Passion for storytelling, traveling and teaching. Helpful have more than 20 years' experience as a journalist. Experience writing, reporting, editing, video editing (basics), social media tools including Tweetdeck, Slack.
Fluent in English and Urdu and moderate understanding of Hindi.
Skills that can come in handy PR, Social Media, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Twitter, Content Marketing, Google Analytics, Web Content Writing, Brand Development, Social Media Marketing, Blogging, Digital Media, Written Communication, Social Media Optimization (SMO), Instagram, YouTube, Analytics, Keyword Research, Messaging, Community Engagement.

Lubna Jarar Naqvi

Lawyer by profession and practice & Human Rights Expert by interest and experience. I have 
intensive experience working with prestigious national and international organizations. I have been working for more than Twenty years in the field of Organizational Consultancy, research study design and development, Labor Rights, Human Rights, Rule of law, Governance, and Training & Development. I am a versatile professional, proficient in consultative program design. I have successfully generated development issues-related materials, including research studies, reports, proposals, presentations, and manuals. 

During all these years I have been engaged in different projects funded by multilateral and bilateral donors including UNODC, IOM, ICMPD, GIZ, ILO, UN Women, UNDP, EU, USAID, ADB, and PPAF. During my professional life, I had close interaction with Government functionaries such as the Ministry of Law, Justice& Human Rights, Provincial Ministries, Labor Departments, and Planning &Development at the Federal as well as Provincial levels. I have extensive experience in designing and developing organizational documents, consultative reports, and conducting consultative sessions. I always like to take up a challenging opportunity that will take full advantage of my Law and Human Rights expertise in writing and interpersonal skills as well. As an energetic, team-focused, and result-oriented individual, I believe in my capabilities in developing my innate skills and ameliorating the highest standards of an organization. My experience encompasses a range of areas in the design of programs and their implementation. 
I have been visiting faculty member of Pakistan College of Law, where I taught constitutional law and jurisprudence.
 I have been a member of BOD (Elected for three consecutive terms) of the Human Resource Development Network (HRDN) for nine years and got the opportunity to design & develop different policies and operational manuals. In short, I have handsome experience and knowledge of training designing, development, delivery, and evaluation of training programs in the areas of Gender mainstreaming, Protection and assistance of Victims of HTMS, and Right based development approaches. Specialties: Rule of Law, Victim Assistance and Protection Combatting Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants, Project Management, Human Rights & Capacity Building.

Waqar Haider Awan

Mr Mohsin is LLM with certification in legislative drafting. He has more than 30 years of legal professional experience as lawyer, law teacher, public law counsel and legal consultant. He has served on different positions including acting Secretary Law Punjab, MD PPRA Punjab, Senior Consultant in Ministry of Law and as Senior Legal 
Consultant in the Privatization Commission. He has drafted many laws and has many law-related publications. He is a resource person for the Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services and other leading institutions for public policy and law. He is also engaged by different international organizations and INGOs as trainer and author of legal instruments. Legislation, constitution, administrative law, public 
procurement, transparency, law & development, good governance and parliamentary practices and procedures are main areas of his interest.

Mohsin Abbas Syed

Mary James Gill is a rights lawyer, activist, former legislator, and policy researcher. She is currently heading the Center for Law & Justice (CLJ), minority-led policy research, advocacy, and development organization, working for disadvantaged communities and groups. She is also the founder of Pakistan's first advocacy campaign, Sweepers are Superheroes. In recognition of providing a new paradigm for sanitation workers, she received the prestigious Swedish Anna Lindh Prize in 2020 and the Human Rights Prize of the French Republic in 2021. She was recently nominated for U.S. State Department’s Alumni Impact Award 2022.

Over the years, her work has been highlighted in several International and National media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, AFP, Al-Jazeera, DW, La Vanguardia, Aktuellt I Politiken, BBC Urdu, Independent Urdu, Urdu News, World Watch Monitor, Herald, and The News among many others. She was also included in HOT 100 for 2020 by Hello Pakistan magazine in the Torchbearers category with other esteemed names like Malala Yousafzai and Mahira Khan

Marry Gill

He is currently the Executive Director of the Civic Action Resources and a communication and development expert providing services to IFIs and leading national and international development organizations through both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies including survey, case study, participant observation, interviews, focus group discussion, stakeholder analysis, and problem and situation analysis. He has carried out a number social surveys, evaluations and assessments.

He combines strong academic training in both Pakistan and abroad with rich and varied experience in development communication. He has held responsible positions and undertaken highly challenging communication assignments with leading development agencies. His communication‐related professional commitments have taken him to several countries and involved collaboration with reputable foreign organisations. In the course of his career in the field, he has also been bestowed with prestigious awards in recognition of the contribution rendered.

He has worked extensively with USAID and his organisation has wide experience of designing and managing campaigns.

Zaigham Khan

Advocate Shiza Qureshi

Dr. Farhan Navid Yousaf is working as a Professor of Sociology & Director, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore. He has almost 20 years academic and professional experience in social development. He holds a PhD degree in Sociology from USA on Fulbright fellowship. His research interests, among others, include gender, human rights, human security, trafficking in persons, migration, and public policy. Prior to joining academics, he had served the Department of Social Welfare and Women Development, Government of the Punjab, for about six years in various capacities related to planning and development and received a Letter of Appreciation for his extraordinary service.

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Lubna Jarar Naqvi

Waqar Haider Awan

Mohsin Abbas Syed

Marry Gill

Zaigham Khan

Advocate Shiza Qureshi

Dr Farhan Navid Yousaf

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