Ms. Bushra Gohar is the Central Vice President of the Awami National
Party (ANP), Pakistan and was elected as a Member of Parliament on
reserved seats for women in the Pakistan’s 2008 National elections. She
was elected as the chair of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee
on Women’s Development in 2009 and is a member of the Working Council of
the Women Parliamentary Caucus. She is also a member of the National
Assembly’s Standing Committees on Finance and Revenue, Interior and
Kashmir Affairs.
Ms. Gohar has a Master of Science in Human Resources Management from
USA, with over 19 years experience in policy design and influence,
development design and plans, projects evaluation and in implementing
human rights and development programmes in Pakistan and the region. She
has been a member of the National Commission on the Status of Women
(NCSW), National Council on Social Welfare, Chair of the South Asia
Partnership-International (SAP-I), Regional and Global Vice President of
the International Council of Social Welfare (ICSW) and a member of a
number of Provincial and Federal Government’s advisory committees on
women and children’s rights. She has represented the civil society and
the Government of Pakistan in the United Nations and other International
forums on several occasions. During the course of her professional
career, Ms. Gohar has had the opportunity to work with a number of local
and International NGOs and donor agencies on a number of large multi
sector projects. |
