Ceren Güven Güres Keywords gender equality women's right UN Read more about Ceren Güven Güres Ceren Güven Güres has been appointed as Country Programme Manager for Uzbekistan as of 25 April 2023. She has 15 years of professional experience managing peace, humanitarian and development programmes as well as partnership and advocacy work in various duty stations. Prior to her assignment in Uzbekistan, she was serving as the Strategic Planning and UN Coordination Specialist (OiC) for UN Women in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) since May 2022 after she joined the organization as a Programme Specialist in October 2021.
Ozoda Parpiboyeva Keywords women's right gender equality Read more about Ozoda Parpiboyeva Ozoda Parpiboyeva has been heading the Committee of Family and Women of the Republic of Uzbekistan since the beginning of 2023. The Committee is entrusted with the tasks of protecting the rights and legitimate interests of women and ensuring guarantees of gender equality. Led by Ozoda Parpiboeva, the Committee is active and has already managed to unite about 10 thousand activists throughout the country, who help identify vulnerable families and women most in need of state support and protection of their rights.
Surayyo Pulatova Keywords gender equality women's right energy Read more about Surayyo Pulatova Surayyo Pulatova has extensive professional experience in strengthening women's rights and opportunities, working in the Women's Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan. She is currently representing Uzbekhydroenergo JSC, where she has been working for more than four years as an Advisor to the Chairman of the Board on improving the efficiency of educational activities and ensuring compliance with legislation on the state language. Ms.
Dilfuza Zakirova Keywords international development gender equality capacity building women's right Read more about Dilfuza Zakirova Dilfuza Zakirova is the Country Director of ACTED in Uzbekistan. With over 15 years of experience in international development, Ms. Zakirova has made significant contributions to strengthening the role of civil society organizations, promoting good governance, and advancing gender equality in Uzbekistan. ACTED in Uzbekistan where Ms. Zakirova has a long term managerial experience implemented a number of projects aimed at capacity building and empowerment of local civil society organizations, protecting the economic and social rights of women, and preventing Gender-Based Violence.