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Akhtar S.

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Content, Research & Communication Professional

With more than 10 years’ experience in content development, research, and communication, I'm here to enormously enjoy recreating another person's vision into viable and approachable content that will help generate new business. I am a content writer with a passion for creating clear, concise messages that connect with the audience and inspire action. I am an expert in article writing, research, grant writing, academic writing, and strategizing surveys and market research. I am officering the following services: • All types of article writing • Content writing • Essay writing • E-book writing • Academic writing, in social & management sciences (proposals thesis, dissertations, assignments) • Research article & report writing • Grant/proposal writing • Progress report/Annual report • Company profile development • Document editing & review • Survey design and conduct • Press release writing • Development of information, education & communication material (training manuals, brochures, handbook, etc) • Strategy development • Virtual assistance • All kind of data entry • Social media marketing (FB, Twitter, YouTube, etc) Hope I will get a chance to serve you.

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Experience

Advocacy Officer

TheNetwork for Consumer Protection-Pakistan
Mar 2017 - Feb 2020 (2 years, 11 months)
Controlled all project endeavors in Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan, organize and lead meetings, conferences and trainings, track progress of personnel and key stakeholders. Developed research reports, policy brief, concept notes and training material as well as shared derailed reports of the project progress to donor agency. Built the capacity of more than 70 stakeholders (CSOs & Media).

Communications Officer

TheNetwork for Consumer Protection-Pakistan
Mar 2016 - Oct 2016 (7 months, 1 day)
Devised adequate communication strategies and channels to update and share projects activities and progress on website and social media. Developed position briefs, press releases, research reports, concept notes and messages. Structured processes and procedures for improving strategies, coordinated with stakeholders and arranged consultation meetings with decision makers.

Advocacy Officer

Indus Consortium
Jul 2015 - Dec 2015 (5 months, 1 day)
Strategized and aligned all resource and headed a team of 6 professionals to accomplish project tasks in Punjab and Sindh. Generated research reports, concept notes on thematic areas of the project as well as kept donors abreast with progress.

Education

MS-Development Studies

Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Pakistan 2011 - 2014
(3 years)

Qualifications

Building Think Tank Research Capacity

Atlas Leadership Academy-USA
2018
This course has polished my research skills, ability to conduct data analysis, interpretation of the results. It provided me insight to develop technically sound and easy to read research reports.

Children’s human rights: Interdisciplinary Introduction

The University of Geneva
2019
This course I had learned the key concept of child rights, the UN reporting system and how to develop strategies to address child rights issues around the world.

Monitoring remote food security

United Nation World Food Program
2018
This course has made me skillful to monitor ongoing activities and progress remotely by developing and executing effective monitoring and accountability mechanism. Increase interaction between teams and beneficiaries while working remotely.

Publications

Public hanging: a solution or violation of human rights

Daily Times- Leading English Newspaper
This article is a response to a resolution passed by the national assembly that calls for the public hanging of convicted child killers and rapists. And to emphasis to develop child protection mechanism instead of passing an inhumane resolution, Available at https://dailytimes.com.pk/557107/public-hanging-a-solution-or-violation-of-human-rights/

What governments owe the labour

Daily Times- Leading English Newspaper
This write-up is about the matter of labor wages. What was promised by mainstream political parties in their manifesto for the general election and what is the ground reality and how to improve laborers' living standard. https://dailytimes.com.pk/379586/what-governments-owe-the-labour/

Children or Commercial Commodities

Daily Times
In developed countries, media houses like BBC placed all appropriate measures to safeguard children from the risk of exploitation and abuse by introducing child protection policies and code of conduct including editorial guidelines for reverent media personals to aware them on their obligations regarding involving children in Programs or interacting with children. https://dailytimes.com.pk/530970/children-or-commercial-commodities/

Budget for Children

Daily Times
The lack of sufficient investment in children is a core driver of the poor state of child rights. The leadership of the country must think about why 44% of children are not attending school. Although, article 25(A) of the constitution promises that” the state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to 16 years” https://dailytimes.com.pk/523350/budget-for-children-daily-times/

Making nutrition, a household agenda

Daily Times
The lack of awareness regarding nutritious food is one of the causes of malnutrition. Raising more and more awareness on nutrition by involving all segments of the society is the way forward to change food patterns, the behavior of the masses and the country’s nutrition status. https://dailytimes.com.pk/508644/making-nutrition-a-household-agenda/

Making child protection every one’s agenda

Daily Times
A significant number of children lost their lives because of violence. This article is to emphasis the need for comprehensive legislative and administrative measures to protect children from violence. https://dailytimes.com.pk/498284/?fbclid=IwAR3tB8St8bB_qgQiLOnFowPFRcZNHXgZb3ZHo40pMli_omGr4qNd5bOgHQc

The role of consumers in saving children from malnutrition

Daily Times
This article is about redress mechanisms related to food fortification related complaints and the role of the parent as a consumer to use these mechanisms to save children from malnutrition and ensure the availability of fortified food items in the local market. https://dailytimes.com.pk/490188/the-role-consumers-in-saving-children-from-malnutrition/

Policy corridor and child marriages

Daily Times
This article is about the issue of child marriages to highlight the causes of the failure to pass legislation in the National Assembly of Pakistan to ban child marriages. As a result, Pakistan has missed a step to meet the deadline to end child marriage by 2030. https://dailytimes.com.pk/485460/policy-corridor-and-child-marriages/

Protecting children from unhealthy food

Pakistan Observer- Leading Newspaper
The use of unhealthy food and beverage is growing among children. An unhealthy diet is one of the major risks of non-communicable diseases and it is also associated with malnutrition. The heavy marketing of unhealthy food and beverage products is on increase. This write-up is to highlight the negative effects of unhealthy food and the need for marketing regulatory mechanisms to reduce diseases and save children's lives. https://pakobserver.net/protecting-children-from-unhealthy-food/

Tobacco control: progress and challenges in Pakistan

Daily Times
The aim of this piece is to highlight the progress and challenges in the fight against tobacco in Pakistan. Available at https://dailytimes.com.pk/402087/tobacco-control-progress-and-challenges-in-pakistan/

The need for child marriage legislation

Daily Times
This article is to support the bill presented in Parliament of Pakistan to ban underage marriages and to counter the arguments of opponents. Available at https://dailytimes.com.pk/388953/the-need-for-child-marriage-legislation/

Improving image on child rights

Daily Times- Leading English Newspaper
This article is to highlight loopholes in existing laws and enforcement of the laws related to child rights in Pakistan. Please visit the below link to read the full article. https://dailytimes.com.pk/384379/improving-image-on-child-rights/

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