Rezan Ali is a gender equality specialist and trainer. She currently leads monthly gender equality workshops for public servants facilitated by the Kurdistan Institute for Public Administration, Ministry of Planning. She also provides specialist training for humanitarian NGO staff and social workers who work at the camps of refugees and IDPs in Kurdistan Region-Iraq, and field aid providers to raise their awareness on Protection of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and their corresponding policies. She also currently works as a Monitoring and Evaluation consultant for Internews, Erbil. She has previous experience at agencies including UN Women, UN OPS and originations including Rwanga, Peace Winds, Al Massalla. Social worker by training, she received an MA in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Kurdistan-Hawler.

Participant in: April/May 2019 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes; MENA Focus