Noshaba Zafar

Senior Technical Advisor, Gender-Based Violence

IMA World Health / Corus International

Noshaba Zafar has worked in advisory and managerial roles in the development sector for more than 18 years, with experience across diverse cultural contexts and regions where she designed, evaluated, and implemented gender responsive programs, specifically focusing on program models for young boys and girls. Noshaba has worked closely with country program offices, national governments, local implementing partners, and directly with program participants on issues like child early and forced marriage, sexual and gender-based violence in and outside schools, sexual exploitation and abuse, and workplace harassment.

Noshaba currently leads gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, mitigation, and response efforts at Corus International.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
08:00 am EEST	09:30 am EEST	Panel: the past decade of advancing women's wellbeing in fragile settings Side Event M-Hotel - Room Pelican 3	As climate change, violence and political/economic crises send more countries into fragility, it is paramount that we learn from the successes and challenges of work Read More As climate change, violence and political/economic crises send more countries into fragility, it is paramount that we learn from the successes and challenges of work done in the past decade to advance women’s health and wellbeing in fragile settings. IMA World Health’s panel will cover key lessons from major projects focused on women’s health and gender-based violence prevention, mitigation and response, such as USAID-funded Tushinde and MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and offer best practices in strengthening adaptive and resilient systems that can be replicated across contexts. Organizer: IMA World Health Read Less Speaker Noshaba Zafar Senior Technical Advisor, Gender-Based Violence IMA World Health / Corus International