Education

Nasreen Shaikh

Programme Manager – Education

Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN)

Islamabad · Sindhi, Urdu, English

Biography

Nasreen Shaikh is a development professional with more than 15 years of experience across education, health and the rights of women, girls and adolescents. Her expertise includes education in emergencies, early childhood development, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, nutrition, immunisation and disaster risk reduction.

As Programme Manager – Education at the Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN), she leads Education Cannot Wait-funded initiatives, including the Multi-Year Resilience Programme in Balochistan and the First Emergency Response in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Her work encompasses programme design, donor reporting, evaluation and partnership management. She has also managed school-based life-skills and adolescent SRHR programming.

Nasreen holds a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Education in Emergencies from the Université de Genève and is a certified UNICEF Master Trainer on the Parental Engagement Package. Earlier in her career, she worked on multi-sectoral programmes in Pakistan and Afghanistan with Community World Service Asia. Her interests centre on inclusive learning, community participation and resilient education systems.

Areas of expertise

• Education in emergencies
• Early childhood development
• Accelerated learning
• Adolescent SRHR and life skills
• Community engagement
• Climate resilience and disaster risk reduction

Engagement interests

Speaker · Panelist · TV / Radio · Podcast · Training

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