Ayesha Durrani

Ayesha Durrani is a feminist development and programme management professional with over a decade of experience working across human rights, gender equity, digital rights, governance, and conflict. Her work spans programme design and management, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), research, resource mobilisation, and donor engagement across Asia and other global contexts. She has extensive experience working with institutional donors and partners, including developing funding strategies, supporting donor engagement, and contributing to the design and delivery of multi-country programmes. Her work is grounded in feminist and rights-based approaches, with a particular focus on strengthening and supporting human rights defenders and civil society actors working in complex and restrictive environments. Ayesha holds an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and has previously worked with Urgent Action Fund Asia & Pacific (UAF A&P), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and United States Agency for International Develoopment (USAID) funded programmes.