Testimonials
“Sini abundantly displayed that she has an essential character that is never complacent in the face of human suffering or social injustice - and she has an expansive and curious mind that consequently searches for solutions across a range of different fields, approaches and strategies. Sini provided critical inputs into the Women, Peace and Security programme and worked with great sincerity, sharp and single-minded focus. With a positive and dynamic attitude, Sini is flexible and excellent in working in teams, and has a vision that is broader than an individual agenda to reach a common goal. She is exceptionally strong at researching a range of issues across disciplines and this is underpinned by solid writing and analytical skills. Her performance has been outstanding in every way.”
Roshmi Goswami, Feminist Researcher and Human Rights Activist
“Sini’s unique combination of skills and experience in gender and communications makes her an asset to any organisation looking to deliver results for gender equality. Her ability to transform gender mainstreaming into practical steps and actions is extremely valuable. Sini’s energy and commitment to advancing global gender equality is obvious, and she is reliable and a real pleasure to work with.”
Dr Erika Wichro, Global Health Expert, CEO and Founder of Peacebuilding and Partners 
“Sini is a warm, connecting person with strong technical skills and extensive experience in gender mainstreaming across sectors, including in humanitarian and development settings. I had the pleasure of teaming up with Sini for a successful gender training workshop we delivered to the UN and Health Cluster members in Afghanistan. Sini is skilled in translating complex concepts around gender into practical examples to facilitate engagement and learning for different audiences. Sini’s interpersonal skills as well as solid communications and training skills make her a valuable asset for any organization aiming to achieve concrete results for gender equality.”
Dr Anu Pillay, Senior Gender Adviser, UN
“Sini is an amazing change agent. Working for gender equality is about changing harmful and backwards norms in order to make the world a better place for all of us. She has done ground-breaking job to help the World Health Organization to mainstream a gender perspective and supported a conflict monitoring mission to do the same. Sini is professional, trustworthy and passionate. I therefore recommend anyone to seek for her advice if one’s wants to make the world more gender equal.”
Fabrice Ramadan, International Trainer and Consultant 
“I had the privilege of working with Sini at the World Health Organization where she served as a gender expert. Sini is inquisitive by nature. She strives to get a deeper understanding of organizational culture and how that culture impacts gender dynamics in programmatic work, leadership, and team interactions. She is thoughtful, has an open communication style, and a collaborative attitude. These skills were a tremendous asset and helped ensure that even staff who were at first hesitant to gender work eventually saw the value of gender mainstreaming. Sini is solutions oriented by nature. She collaborated with other technical experts to find ways to ensure women and girls were represented in the data, that the programs were reaching girls, and that female staff felt empowered within the department. She brought concrete solutions as well as a willingness to listen to all perspectives and a leadership style that gave space for all voices to be heard. Sini's technical expertise matched with her leadership skills helped ensure there was buy-in and support at all levels, which was necessary to make the work on gender a success. Sini produces the highest quality work and is an asset to any team she works on.”
Elesha Kingshott, Founder and Principal at Kingshott Consulting
“Sini’s expertise in gender mainstreaming as well as communications in different sectors is valuable for any organization looking to gain tangible results for gender issues. Sini is a great communicator, and I really enjoyed working with her on gender-related campaigns, workshops and events with women’s civil society representatives and the government in Afghanistan. Sini is passionate about gender work and an enthusiastic advocate for gender equality.”
Samira Tika-Bavand, Protection Cluster Co-Lead, NRC
“It’s rare to meet such an exceptional personality, talent and professional as Sini. She brought a fresh perspective to the organization’s gender policy, she actively facilitated gender mainstreaming, developed comprehensive policy papers and gender action plans, and successfully implemented communications campaigns around GBV and other gender issues. She also conducted gender trainings, including on unconscious gender bias. Her gender expertise, outstanding attitude towards work, creativity and intelligence, dedication to her ideas and beliefs, initiative-taking approach, acceptance of challenges, are qualities that have impressed me and inspired me. Sini can contribute well-reasoned approaches to any project through her open-mindedness, intelligence and professionalism.”
Sophio Mtchedlishvili, Operations Coordination Officer, OSCE 
"Sini’s passion for global equality shows in her work. I’ve worked with her on GBV programming and inter-agency coordination in Afghanistan, and can strongly and confidently recommend her services for anyone seeking a gender expert with significant interpersonal and technical gender skills and sharp vision. Above all, it’s always pleasure to work with her."
Sulaf Mustafa, Gender Specialist, UNFPA Afghanistan