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Nisreen is an independent consultant and researcher on gender and women’s rights in development and humanitarian systems based in Jordan. She worked as Senior Humanitarian Gender Advisor to the Humanitarian Country Team in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (2013-2016) to mobilize efforts of the humanitarian partners to focus on women’s needs in humanitarian action, increase participation of women’s organizations in the humanitarian system and respond to the demands of gender equality in the context of the Israeli occupation. Nisreen currently represents Gender At Work in the Feminist Humanitarian Network. Previously Nisreen worked as Policy Advisor for Governance and Financing for Gender Equality at UN Women, New York. Between 2001 and 2010, She led the work of UNIFEM on Gender Responsive Budgeting. Prior to that, she worked with UNIFEM in Jordan supporting the establishment of the UNIFEM’s Regional Office of UNIFEM for Arab States in the mid 90’s. She holds a Masters degree in Economics and Development Studies from London School of Economics and a BA in Political Science and Economics from the University of Jordan.