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Senior Communications and Outreach Associate Akanshya Gurung
Akanshya Gurung is the Senior Communications and Outreach Associate at Chemonics UK. She was also the Proposal Coordinator for Chemonics UK’s winning bid submission for CSSF Jordan: Women, Peace and Security System Strengthening (WPSSS), now known as the Tamasok programme.
Akanshya has worked in communications, campaigns, policy and research within the fields of international development, human rights and nuclear disarmament. She holds an MA in Environment, Politics and Globalisation from King’s College London.
by Akanshya Gurung
Ukraine’s Women Leaders Transforming Communities Amidst War
As this year’s International Women’s Day theme is Inspire Inclusion, Chemonics UK is focusing on the transformative and inclusive community recovery that community leaders are implementing across Ukraine, with the support of programmes such as the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU). Chemonics UK’s PFRU programme is a multi-year, multi-donor funded programme managed by…
The Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Jordan – Reflecting and Learning
Bordered by Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia – countries who consistently rank amongst the lowest for gender equality – the Government of Jordan have often prided themselves in being a leader in the Middle East in women’s rights and in advancing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. In 2018, the Government of Jordan took a…