Niloufar Pourzand

Dr. Niloufar Pourzand has a PhD and Masters in Sociology, Ethnic and Gender Studies, from the U. of Greenwich in the UK.  Her thesis focus was on Gender, Education, Forced Displacement and Conflict in Afghanistan. She has had a long career with the UN/UNICEF in various countries and capacities - including Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Eastern Caribbean, Indonesia, India, Tunisian, Jordan and Bangladesh.  In Canada, she has been the inaugural Professor of Practice at the Centre for Refugee Studies of York U, taught International Development and Human Rights at York University, regularly been a guest speaker at other Universities/NGO events and remained engaged with various CSOs. She is also a Visiting Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University.  Her focus has been children’s rights, women’s rights, refugee rights and International Development/Humanitarian work.