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Nüket Kardam, Ph.D

186 Radcliffe DriveClaremont, California91711e-mail:

phone: 909 624-9951909 641-0540 (cell)0532 415 18 21 (cell in Turkey)

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Political Science with subfields in InternationalRelations, Public/Development Administration, and SocialTheory, Michigan State University, 1988.Dissertation: Women’s Issues in International DevelopmentPrograms: A Comparative Analysis of the World Bank,United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and theFord Foundation (revised version published as “BringingWomen In: Women’s Issues in International Programs”,Lynne Rienner, 1991.)M.A., Political Science (International Relations andPolitical Theory), University of British Columbia, 1980.B.A., PhilosophyIstanbul University, 1976.

COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE:

Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania,South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

I possess 20 years experience in politics of development, development theory and practice, democratization, women’s human rights, and the application of global norms onhuman rights/women’s human rights in local contexts. I have conducted research onorganizational change in international development agencies, on how to make the processof development assistance more effective and accountable, and the problems of collaboration between donor and recipients. I have prepared reports and papers, edited books and offered advice in the area of gender equality, women’s empowerment,democratization, good governance, accountability, and civil society building. Myexperience includes research, analysis, training, project development and evaluation andwork with international development organizations, governments and women’s NGOs. Ihave worked on gender and development issues at both grassroots and donor levels I havedesigned and implemented surveys to assess women’s economic status, liaised withwomen’s NGOs and NGO constituencies, for the purposes of development of capacity

building activities and evaluation of their programs. At the national and regional levels, Ihave advised the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on gender mainstreaming strategies, gender and good governance programs and projects. I haveworked with other UN organizations such as UN Division for the Advancement of Women and UN Research Institute for Social Development as a gender expert. Also, Ihave designed training programs on gender analysis for OECD/DAC and Open SocietyInstitute. My sensitivity and intensive understanding of how donor agencies work, donor requirements and planning needs are complemented by my liaison with representatives of foreign governments, multilateral and intergovernmental agencies, and local NGOs in thecountries I work in. Furthermore, I have found that my bicultural background (I was born and raised in Turkey but live in the United States.) has given me a special advantagein successful communication with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Finally,I have excellent critical thinking and analytical skills, complemented with a direct, hands-on approach.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Professor, Graduate School of International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California, 2006 -Associate Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey,California, 1996-2006

Taught graduate level courses at a challenging, highly regarded school for international professional training. About 50 percent of students are non US citizens, and they aretrained for jobs with international donor agencies, NGOs, and governments. Coursestaught include gender and development, social sector needs assessment, democracy andgood governance, international organizations and regimes, development assistance theoryand practice, politics of development, public organization theory and public policyanalysis.Researcher and member of Contributing Team,

UNIFEM Progress of the World’sWomen Report 2009

, Chapter 6 on Aid and SecurityExpert Evaluator, European Commission,

Director of Evaluation Team

(November 2006-April 2008

)

of a new

Women’sSchool for Politics

established in Turkey with support from the Swedish Embassy andrun by Ka-Der, a Turkish NGO. The training and its evaluation began simultaneously on November 3, 2006 in Istanbul. The objective of this School is to train women who arealready members of political parties for more extensive participation in politics byencouraging them to run in the next national and local elections.

Consultant, EU MEDA Programme, Project on ‘The Role of Women in EconomicLife’,

prepared a report for a European Commission funded project that is based at the

British Council (BC) in Cairo, Egypt and co-managed by BC/Cairo and theMediterranean Institute for Gender Studies in Cyprus. This project, which covers 10countries in the MEDA region, including Turkey, aims to enhance the role andinvolvement of Mediterranean public governmental and non-governmental institutions tofacilitate and expand opportunities for women’s economic participation. Her report wastitled “A Critical Assessment of the National Women’s Machinery in Turkey”.

July-September 2006.Co-Chair of the Expert Group Meeting organized by the UN Division for theAdvancement of Women, Expert Group Meeting on “Enhancing Women’sParticipation in Development through an Enabling Environment for AchievingGender Equality and the Advancement of Women”,

8 November-11

November 2005,

Bangkok, Thailand.

Co-Chair of the Expert Group Meeting organized by the UN Division for theAdvancement of Women, Expert Group Meeting on ‘The role of nationalmechanisms in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women:achievements and challenges”,

29 November-2

December 2004,

Rome, Italy.

Program Evaluator of the Master in Gender and Women’s Studies Program,Middle East Technical University, Turkey, April 1-May 31, 2004

Evaluated the above program, invited by the Gender and Women’s Studies Program atMETU, supported by a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant.

Trainer, International Policy Fellows Seminar, Open Society Institute, Budapest,March 22-25, 2004

Delivered a training program (as a member of Training Team) on Public Policy Analysisand Research Design, including gender analysis, to International Policy Fellows.

Director of Evaluation Team, Women’s Human Rights Education Program,Turkey, 2003

Designed and implemented a program evaluation for Women for Women’s HumanRights – New Ways’ Human Rights Education Program for women throughout Turkeysince 1995, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC). Thisinvolved evaluating the impact of women’s human rights education offered by socialworkers trained by the WWHR across the country on women’s empowerment. Itinvolved on-site interviewing of participants, developing survey questionnaires, holdingfocus group discussions and in general assessing the impact of the courses on the participants in light of project objectives. The evaluation results can be viewed atwww.wwhr.org

Gender Consultant, UNDP, Azerbaijan, November 2001-January 2002

Identified areas for potential collaboration among donors/development partners for the promotion of greater gender equality in Azerbaijan. The report addressed three major areas: Poverty Reduction, Special Areas (Refugees and IDPs, and Sex Trafficking), and