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Mehek Ali

Assistant Director, Community Engagement

IRD Global

Mehek Ali leads social behaviour change and communications initiatives, focusing on community engagement principles. Her expertise lies at the intersection of psychology, education, and participatory frameworks, for which she has been working for over 11 years. She has led multiple development sector projects utilizing the socioecological model and arts-based methodologies to focus on child and adolescent wellbeing, women's empowerment, community inclusion, training and learning, and health systems, having secured over USD 30 million in funding.

She believes in radical conservation through compassionate conversation, spending her free time in climate justice efforts, exploring literary forms, and celebrating indigenous wisdom - ethos you will see embedded in all the work she does. As such, she has been deemed a stellar mentor and supports the professional and personal excellence of young talent.

You can catch a wave with her on the surf, or ask to be her scuba diving buddy anytime!

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