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Dinara Alimdjanova

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Known For: Director, Gender Study Center
Country: Uzbekistan

About

Dinara Alimdjanova is a trainer of Socio-Economic and Gender Analysis methodologies. For the last 14 years, Ms. Alimdjanova has worked on promoting gender with regard to the programming framework and strategies developed by the United Nations. More specifically, she has organized gender awareness trainings and developed specific methodological and analytical tools to promote gender equality at the government level in Muslim societies. She worked on the development and implementation of the National Action Plans on Improving Women’s Status in Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Maldives, Bangladesh, Vietnam, etc. She also provided advisory services to the National Council of Women’s Organizations, governments, and women’s movements.

Ms. Alimdjanova is the author of several publications and analytical papers, presented worldwide. Her areas of interest include: human development, women’s and gender issues, engendering macroeconomics, gender and trade, methodologies of socio-economic and gender analysis, gender and religion, etc.

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