Munira Shaheen
External Advisor — Community Development and Civil Society Engagement
Works with the Aga Khan Foundation and the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, with earlier experience at Aga Khan University. Her background spans the London School of Economics, SZABIST and Karakoram International University.
Munira Shaheen is ClimateWatch's External Advisor on Community Development and Civil Society Engagement.
She works with the Aga Khan Foundation and the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, which has operated across Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral since 1982, and previously held a position at Aga Khan University. Her background includes the London School of Economics, SZABIST and Karakoram International University.
She has been involved in the Women Leadership Academy, a programme for women leading civil society organisations in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, delivered with support from AKRSP, the Aga Khan Foundation and Global Affairs Canada.
She advises ClimateWatch on community development and civil society engagement: how the organisation works with communities in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, how local organisations are brought into its programmes, and how its project design reflects what communities in the region actually need.
Areas of expertise
- Community development in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral
- Civil society organisation capacity and leadership
- Programme design and delivery
- Institutional partnerships
- Women's leadership in community organisations