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Iffat Nawaz brings over a decade of extensive communications, development and advocacy ex-perience working with grassroots individuals and organizations, national and local governments, the private sector, media and public relations agencies both in national and international realms. Her depth and breadth of experience with international organizations including USAID and US Department of State has led to multiple successes throughout project implementation in Bangla-desh and the United States. I |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
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Government, Governance, Reforms
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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At the moment, Iffat is serving as a Technical/Communications Consultant for Dexis Consulting Group. In this role, she drafted a branding and communications strategy for this fast growing company. She also worked with Dexis projects (89 countries) for USAID, US Department of State, Department of Defense among others, mainly in the communications realm. She has un-dertaken the duties of a Communications Manager which involves corporate communications design and strategy development, website re-branding, social media campaigns, outreach and events. She is also serving as a Technical consultant for USAID’s LEARN project, fulfilling all program managerial duties for this knowledge management and communications focused pro-gram. She is developing content for www.usaidlearninglab.org and leading day to day program managerial activities.
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Education: |
Education:
Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD,
Minor, Creative Writing, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2001
Countries of Work Experience:
Bangladesh, United States
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Specialized Training:
Attended the Iowa Summer Writer’s Festival in 2014
Directed and developed a Documentary on the subject of Bangladeshi street vendors – For a HBO led workshop
Acted as the lead character for a short film featured at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York
Languages:
English (functional native proficiency); Bengali (advanced professional proficiency); Urdu (general pro-fessional proficiency); Spanish (basic general proficiency)
Other Interests:
Marine Corp Marathon completion 2007
Certified Open water Scuba Diver 2006
Choy Haat: A project initiated by Iffat to strengthen the female working force of Bangladesh
Ey Poth Amadero: A project initiated by Iffat to claim Dhaka streets for pedestrians of Bangladesh
Creative Writing Workshops: Iffat has led five creative writing workshops focused on voice and story-telling with the international platform Longitude & Latitude
International Publications and mentions:
Himel South Asian, Nepal http://himalmag.com/man-die/
Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/Bangla-literature-From-home-to-the-world/articleshow/26906028.cms
Indian Quarterly http://indianquarterly.com/a-change-of-art/
Lifelines, an Anthology by Zubaan books http://www.amazon.com/Lifelines-Writing-Bangladesh-Farah-Ghuznavi/dp/9381017840
Three Stories:http://www.bengallights.com/three.php
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
10-15 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu |
Nationality:
United States
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