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Summary
Rheela Naz has extensive professional experience in advocacy and lobbying for human rights, policy analysis/development, project management, capacity building, and material development with both national and international development organizations. Her career has been dedicated to addressing critical social issues, particularly in the areas of gender-based violence, girls' education, literacy and community development, material development for primary grades, economic empowerment of women, and the protection of women's rights and child labor. Throughout her career, Raheela Naz has collaborated with numerous national and international NGOs (USAID, IRC, Dubai Cares, Oxfam, CIDA, ILO, CEC, DFID, World Vision, University of Oregon, Alif Laila Book Bus Society, IRM etc.) and govt. departments leveraging her expertise to create meaningful and sustainable impact in the communities she serves.
Currently, Raheela Naz has been actively engaged as a volunteer member of the National Advocacy and Lobbying Delegation in spreading awareness for womens rights in marriage and divorce, focusing on the practical enforcement of legal protections. Her work involves legislative lobbying, pushing for stronger and clearer legal frameworks under the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance (MFLO) 1961, and ensuring these laws are upheld at both local and provincial levels. She has built strategic alliances with government officials, legal experts, and civil society organizations to drive reforms and protect womens rights. Additionally, she has led capacity-building initiatives, training key stakeholders to better support women through the challenges of marriage and divorce. Her commitment is to ensure that womens rights are not just recognized but actively defended in all aspects of marital law. One of her key contributions has been in legislative advocacy, where she engaged with policymakers and legislators to push for reforms that strengthen the legal protections for women in marriage and divorce.
As an education strategist and material development advisor, Raheela Naz has successfully merged theory with practice, resulting in impactful initiatives to develop research-based supplementary reading materials with USAID, Pakistan Reading Project to support the provincial and regional departments of Education throughout Pakistan to improve the reading skills of 4 million children. Her expertise as a capacity-building trainer, policy analyst, and curriculum planner has been widely recognized and sought after in the education sector.
A prolific writer and published author, she has shared their insights and knowledge with a global audience. Her debut book, Plant a New You, published on Amazon, has been met with widespread acclaim, drawing readers from around the world. Her upcoming Urdu book, How to Become One in a Million, is set to further establish Raheela Naz as a thought leader and influencer.
Projects
Experience
Senior Program Officer
Education Content Strategist
Support the education team in developing courses and digital education content. Provide training in content development, video production and editing. Organize Zoon Meetings with students and young professionals to hold training and coaching sessions. Follow up with young professionals to receive feedback and improve the content and methodology.
ADVISOR/MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
My work profile is avaibale on this website:
http://www.pakreading.org.pk/en/resources/publications/reading-learning-material
I wrote:
Big Books
Level Readers
Decodable Readers
Work Book
Scripted Lesson Plans
Audio and Visual Materials
Led the team in different regions to develop materials for reading instructions for primary grades.
Developed materials required for in-service teacher training under the project. This included training manuals, modules, activity books, scripted lesson plan, decodable readers, leveled readers etc.
Developed scope and sequence for reading instructions for grade 1,2,3.
Developed sample activity books, decodable readers, level readers, phonics lesson plans, oral language development lesson plans to initiate the process of material development.
Used innovation and creativity in the material development process, taking into account recent research and best practices in reading instruction
Ensured that all the materials developed are contextually relevant, error free, is in line with the national curriculum and is appropriate for early grade reading.
Work with the reading adviser and other experts to train project staff, government officials and other counterparts under in-service teacher training program
Monitor trainings, TIG meetings and visit schools to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the material.
Train teachers and instructors in the use of new and existing materials.
Establish and strengthen classroom/school libraries in intervention schools
National Coordinator-Children's Literature Festival
Coordinated with districts, provincial and district managers, organization heads, govt. officials for organizing national and mini festivals in different districts.
Developed work plan with budget reports for effective implementation of the program.
Organized BOL KE LUB AZAD HAI TERE session in 2011 and 2012 national festival in Lahore and Peshawar respectively.
Continuous coordinated with public and private schools for participation of students in different activities in the festival.
Liaison with govt. and local organization for their cooperation and participation in reading promotion activities in the festival.
Coordinated with publishers for displaying their stalls in the festivals.
Monitored different activities in the event for better event management.
Provided input to donors and concerned organizations with respect to programs success.
PROGRAM MANAGER NON-FORMAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Planned, designed and implemented the national wide community development program in Pakistan.
Trained program team in different districts (Lahore, Jalal Pur Peer Wala,Kot Adu, Muzaffer Garh,ShikarPur, Quetta,Karachi,FaisalAbad,Peshawer,Sahiwal,Chiniot) for non-formal education strategies and methodologies to address issues regarding drop-outs and illiteracy in schools.
Developed annual curriculum plan for improving literacy skills of out of school children.
Designed framework and budget reports for implementation of effective literacy programs for children and adults especially targeting girls and women in Southern Punjab and Interior Sindh under Oxfam GB and Dubai Cares project.
Designed strategies to mainstream out of school children in the formal education mobilized communities in villages to get maximum results.
Coordinated for data collection and management in districts.
Conducted TOT for master trainers and effective service delivery in districts for implementation of effective literacy program.
