| Ms. Shehnaz Wazir Ali, Member Board of Directors, DTCE | |
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Ms. Shahnaz Wazir Ali is the Executive
Director of the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP), in Islamabad
, Pakistan . The Centre was established in late 2001 to support and
promote philanthropy in Pakistan , with the specific objective of
enhancing development and promoting social investment. As Executive
Director, Shahnaz Wazir Ali is responsible for conceptualizing,
planning, managing and implementing PCP's program of activities;
recruiting, developing and leading a team of professionals for
delivering PCP's programs, institutionalizing systems and building
capacity; seeking and ensuring appropriate resources (financial,
institutional) for PCP's various support service programs, policy
work and the research agenda.
Before becoming the Executive
Director in 2001, she served for 3 years as the Senior Education
Specialist at the World Bank. Her principal assignment there was to
provide technical advice and assistance to the Provincial/Area and
Federal governments to facilitate the implementation of the
Education Sector Social Action Program (SAP). She also worked for 2
years as the Education Specialist in the SAP Multi-Donor technical
Support Unit administered by the World Bank.
From 1988 to 1990 and again from
1993 to 1996, she had the unique opportunity to serve in key
decision making positions in government, in the first term as Member
of the National Assembly and Minister of State for Education in the
Federal Government and subsequently, in the second term, as Special
Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Sectors. Some of her major
contributions made to the Social Development agenda include the
conceptualization, design, plan and strategy of the Primary Health
Care and Family Planning Program (most commonly known as the Lady
Health Workers Program), the establishment of the National Literacy
Commission, National Polio Immunization Campaigns, the convening of
a Muslim Women Parliamentarians Group and Conference, the
establishment of the National Education Foundation and Support to
Community Schools, introduction of autonomy for tertiary hospitals,
and the promotion of public-private partnerships in the education
sector.
Her career in and commitment to
education can be traced back to 1965, when she commenced teaching
primary school children of deprived communities in Karachi, and
subsequently spent about 15 years in teaching and administrative
positions in the private sector, which include Principal at the
Lahore American School. She is also a Trustee of the Education Trust
which runs 4 Nasra Schools for children for low-income families in
Karachi and provides K – 10 education to 10,000 students.
Ms. Wazir Ali holds a Master's
Degree in Education from the University of Arkansas , USA and also a
Master's Degree in Education Administration from Trenton College ,
New Jersey , USA . In addition, she has a Diploma in Principal's
Certification from Harvard University , Cambridge , USA . Her
Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication is from the American
University , Washington , D.C. All her basic schooling has been in
Pakistani schools in Rawalpindi and Karachi .
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