CURRICULUM VITAE. Current Position: Senior Advisor, Society for the Advancement of Education (SAHE) Lahore.

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE NAME Sex Nationality FAREEHA ZAFAR Female Pakistani Address Residence: 80-1A, Arif Jan Road, Lahore Cantonment, Lahore - Pakistan. Tel: Office: Society for the Advancement of Education (SAHE), # 65-C, Garden Block, New Garden Town, Lahore Pakistan. Tel. (042) Fax:(042) Mobile: fareehazaf@gmail.com Current Position: Senior Advisor, Society for the Advancement of Education (SAHE) Lahore. Professional Experience Director, Society for the Advancement of Education (SAHE) Lahore to 2012 Member Management Committee, SAHE. Since 1982 Director Designate, Centre of Excellence for Women s Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan to Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan to 1995 (Joined the University in April 1969). Educational Qualifications Ph.D. (Geography) School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, UK 1981 MA (Geography) University of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan BA (Honors in Geography) Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore - Pakistan Scholarships & Distinctions Fulbright Scholar, Department of Geology & Geography, Vassar College, New York, USA Fulbright Post-doctoral Scholar, Institute of Urban & Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley, USA British Council Post-Graduate Scholar, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, UK First Division and first position in MA and BA (Hons) Project Management Quality Community Schooling and Education Advocacy. Support from Oxfam-Novib, The Hague, Netherlands Improving the Quality of Primary Education. Support from NOVIB, The Hague Education and Training in Social Issues. Support from CIDA, Islamabad SAHE Training Centre Project. Support from NOVIB, The Hague Promotion of Basic and Non-formal Primary Education Project. Sponsored by The Asia Foundation Pakistan NGO Initiative II, Islamabad SAHE Institute of Development Studies and Practice Initiative. Sponsored by The Asia Foundation Pakistan NGO Initiative, Islamabad Promotion of Basic and Non-formal Primary Education Project. Sponsored by The Asia Foundation Pakistan NGO Initiative, Islamabad Training in Human Rights, Community Participation and Teaching Methodologies Project. Sponsored by CIDA, Islamabad

2 Designing an Action Plan for Reebok-Pakistan Educational Support Project. Sponsored by Reebok International, Washington, DC Education for All in the Four Provinces Project. Sponsored by The Netherlands Government, Islamabad NGO Capacity Building for Teachers Training and Community Support Project. Sponsored by UNICEF, Lahore Gender Sensitization of Primary and Middle School Teachers Project. Sponsored by The Netherlands Government, Islamabad Consultancies on Education and on Gender Consultant to OSEF for support to the Mongolian Education Alliance. In Ulaan Batar - Mongolia Consultant to the World Bank for Stakeholder Consultations on the Punjab Education Sector Reforms in Southern Punjab National Consultant to UNESCO for Evaluation of UNESCO Support to EFA National Planning: Pakistan Country Report Consultant to UNESCO/ESRA/USAID for a Study on Donor Interventions in Educational Governance: Lessons Learnt National Consultant to the World Bank on Country Case Studies on Primary Education Evaluation: Pakistan Consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat UK for a research study to prepare a Handbook on Good and Promising Practices in Universal Primary Education in Pakistan Consultant to Arcadis/GHK on the Education Research Component of the Support to Faisalabad Devolution Project. As Research Advisor, Consultant to UNICEF on Gender Review of Education in the Punjab Consultant to ADB/DFID for review of District Reports on Devolution in Education Consultant to the Asian Development Bank for the Gender Reform Program Consultant to the World Bank for Provincial Case Studies on School Centered Decentralization (Punjab) National Consultant to CIDA for a paper on Recent Developments in the Education Sector and assistance to CIDA mission for the Pakistan-Canada Basic Education Program, Islamabad Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education for the Education Sector Reforms and the National Plan of Action for EFA, Islamabad Consultant to the World Bank for a Review of Teacher Training Programs for Afghan Refugees in NWFP Co-Consultant to the Royal Norwegian Embassy for a Pre-Appraisal Study regarding Possible Norwegian Support to SAPP II Strengthening of SMCs/PTAs through Capacity Building and Training Co-Consultant to the Royal Netherlands Embassy for an Evaluation of the Education Programme under SAPP-I with regard to Gender Equity Gender Consultant to the British Council for the NWFP Primary Education Programme Consultant to the British Council for Study No.10 Socio-Economic Constraints to Female Participation in Secondary Education for the Secondary Education Reform Project of the World Bank Representation on Boards and Committees - Member HEC/Pre-STEP Research Evaluation and Advisory Committee (REAC). Since Member Pakistan Education Taskforce Member Syndicate, University of Education. Since Board of Studies, School of Education Beacon House University. Since Board of Governors, National Education Foundation Steering Committee, Campaign for Quality Education (CQE). Since

3 - Board of Directors, Trust for Voluntary Organizations Board of Directors, Punjab Education Foundation Committee on Gender in Education Support Policy Program (GEPSP), Punjab Board of Directors, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund Board Member, LEAD Pakistan Member Advisory Board, Social Enterprise Development Programme (SEDP), LUMS Founding Member, Society for the Advancement of Education (SAHE) Founding Member, Women s Action Forum (WAF) Lahore Reports, Research & Publications on Gender: 1. Situation Analysis of Gender Disparity in Primary and Middle Education in Rawalpindi and Khanewal Districts (Punjab) supported by GEPSP Department of School Education Punjab Issues of Gender in Education in Pakistan in Commonwealth Education Partnerships Published for the Commonwealth Secretariat by Nexus Partnerships Creating Alternatives: A Case Study from Pakistan The SAHE Community Based School Programme for Girls, paper presented at the Lessons from promising practices and Implications for Scaling Up Girls Education: A South Asian Workshop, Chandigarh, India, September Organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat, Education Section, Social Transformation Programmes Division, UK. 4. Gender Review of Education in the Punjab For UNICEF Girls Dropout before Completion of Primary Education in the Punjab. For UNESCO Gender & Development Manual (Urdu). Zafar, F and Tanveer, S. Society for the Advancement of Education Gender Equity in Education in Pakistan: Evaluation of the education component of Social Action Program Project I (SAPP I) Brouwers, R., Zafar, F. Institute of Social Studies, Hague, Netherlands and Society for the Advancement of Education for: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands. 8. Gender, Education and the Power Structure of the State, paper presented at the Seminar on Engendering the Nation State, Simorgh, Lahore Gender Issues in Education, paper presented at the National Conference on Directions of Research on Women, Aga Khan University Women s Group, IED, Karachi Working Women in the Informal Urban Sector in Pakistan, research with the Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women, Kitakyushu, Japan The Theoretical Basis of the Women s Movement in Pakistan: Limitations and Opportunities, paper presented at the conference on Interdisciplinary Women s Studies, ASR Resource Center, Lahore Ideology, Gender and the State: The Pakistan Experience, paper presented at the Fourth Women in Asia Conference, University of Melbourne Women s Employment: Constraints and Opportunities, paper presented at the Workshop on Women and Employment Legislation in Pakistan, British Council/GOP, Lahore Women and Higher Education in Pakistan: An Historical Perspective, paper presented at National Workshop on Role of Women in Higher Education, UGC, Islamabad Women and Education, paper for the Sub-Committee on Women and Development, Eighth Five Year Plan ( ), Planning Commission, Islamabad Working Women of the Informal Sector in Pakistan, paper presented at the Asian Women s Conference, Saitama - Japan General Information/Country Profile, for SAARC Guidelines on Women and Development, Ministry for Women s Development, Islamabad Major Issues Arising from the Present Status of Women s Studies in Pakistan, paper presented at the Workshop on Women s Studies, sponsored by UNESCO, Research Center for Women s Studies, University of Adelaide, Australia

4 19. Finding Our Way: readings on women in pakistan, (ed) Zafar, F. ASR Publications, Lahore Reports, Research & Publications on Education: 1. Out of School Children: Pakistan Country Study. For UNICEF, Islamabad. Co-author Effectiveness of the Cluster Based Training Program of the Punjab Education Foundation. For the Department of Education, Lahore. June Situational Analysis of the Punjab Primary School Libraries Project. For GTZ, Lahore. April Assessment of School Councils Capacity Building Project for Integrated School Health. For UNICEF. September Research Outcomes and Planning Change in District Faisalabad. Paper presented at the Conference on Embedding Quality Education For All: District initiatives Across Pakistan, organized by the City District Government Faisalabad/SPU/GHK/DFID, Faisalabad. March 5-6, Promising Change: Six case studies on Whole School Development in Pakistan s Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit Education, District Government Faisalabad. March Measuring Change: The Research Component Case Study, Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit Education, District Government Faisalabad. February Follow-up of Baseline Survey of K, I, II Student Learning Achievements in Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit Education, District Government Faisalabad. October Achieving Education for All: Pakistan -Promising Practices in Universal Primary Education A Handbook for Education Policy Makers and Practitioners in Commonwealth Countries Quality UPE Good Practice Series. February Co-author. 10. Baseline Survey of Class Eight Student Learning Achievements in Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit Education, District Government Faisalabad. July Baseline Survey of Class Four Student Learning Achievements in Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit Education, District Government Faisalabad. November Baseline Survey of K, I, II Student Learning Achievements in Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit Education, District Government Faisalabad. November Report on the Status and Role of Education NGOs in the Punjab. For DFID Fiscal Devolution in Education: Case Study Reflecting Initial Responses, Government of Pakistan, Decentralization Unit-EFA Wing in collaboration with UNESCO, Paris/Islamabad. July School Centered Decentralization: Provincial Case Studies (Punjab). For the World Bank, Enhancing Capabilities for Improving the Quality of Education, paper presented at the Conference on Enhancing Capabilities for Community Participation Revisiting Practices in Education Development, jointly organized by The Department of Education, Government of Sindh and The British Council/ DFID Karachi, May Situation of Education in Pakistan, South Asian Symposium on Education, organized by the Social Policy Institute and supported by the Embassy of Japan. Colombo, Sri Lanka. March Research & Publications (Geography) 1. The Impact of Canal Construction on the Rural Structures of the Punjab: The Canal Colony Districts, 1880 to School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. UK (Unpublished thesis). 2. Changes in land price in the Punjab Canal Colony Districts, , Pakistan Geographical Review, Vol. 35, No. 1&2, Irrigation and cropping patterns in the Punjab Canal Colony Districts, to , Pakistan Geographical Review, Vol. 36, No. 1&2,

5 4. Policy, Institutions and Agricultural Production: The Punjab Colony Districts, 1880 to Pakistan Geographical Review, Vol. 37, No. 1&2, Land Tenure in the Punjab. Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society. Vol. XXII. No.4. Jan Dec Impact of Irrigation on Land Tenure in the Punjab. Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Vol. XXIII, No.1, Jan.1984 Dec The Changing Pattern of Indebtedness and Land Transfers in the Punjab Canal Colonies During British Rule. Zeitschrift fur Wirtschaftsgeographie, Jg29 (1985) Heft 2, S Rural class formation in the Punjab under colonial rule, Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Vol. XXIII, No.4, December International Conferences, Symposiums, Workshops & Meetings (Since 2000) -Understanding Pakistan Lecture Series: Presentation on Educating the Youth: Financial Burden or Future Potential. Berlin. June th International Transformative Learning Conference, Athens Workshop on Value Engineering, Oxfam Novib, The Hague, Netherlands WCCES (World Council of Comparative Education Societies) XIV World Congress, Istanbul Comparative International Education Conference (CIES 2010), Chicago, USA. March South Asia EFA Ministerial Forum Second Meeting, Dhaka, Bangladesh As UNESCO observer. -South Asia Civil Society Consultation. CAMPE, Dhaka, Bangladesh South Asia Regional Dialogue on Education Quality. IED-AKU, Karachi Comparative International Education Conference (CIES 2009), Charleston South Carolina, USA Imbewu Programme Review Conference, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. DFID and Eastern Cape Department of Education Presentation on Developing Access for Girls in Rural Areas in the Punjab Pakistan. -Second International Symposium on Issues of Higher Education in Pakistan-Undergraduate Degree the Weakest Link in Higher Education, Rawalpindi. HEC/University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi/PEP Foundation Inc. USA Presentation on Content and Pedagogy: Learning to Teach at the Undergraduate Level. -International Conference on Local Governance, Texts and Contexts: Perspectives from South Asia, Lahore. ITA, Lahore. Resource person for Roundtable on Gender and Education Seminar on The Media and the Millennium Development Goals: Making a Difference, CHOGM, Malta. Presentation on Universalizing Primary Education: What will it take? OSI Education Conference 2005: Education and Open Society: A Critical Look at New Perspectives and Demands, Budapest, Hungary th South Asian Management Forum, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore. Presentation on NGOs in Education: Issues and Challenges South Asian Workshop: Lessons from promising practices and Implications for Scaling Up Girls Education, Chandigarh, India. Presentation on SAHE Community Based Schools for Girls Sub-Regional Ministerial Meeting on EFA, Kathmandu, Nepal. Presentation on Issues in Education in Pakistan Third South Asian Celebrating Beijing Meeting, Maldives UN Special Session on Beijing Plus Five, New York. June UN Session on Beijing Plus Five, New York. March Languages Spoken Read Written English Excellent Excellent Excellent Urdu Good Excellent Good Punjabi Good Fair Fair 5