Cleo
Helmand Programme Coordinator, Provincial Reconstruction Team
I am responsible for ensuring that programmes delivered by the Socio-Economic Development team – incorporating health, education, infrastructure, private sector development and agriculture - are well coordinated, managed and communicated across the multiple agencies under the PRT umbrella. In particular, my role is to support DFID’s focus on infrastructure and private sector development. I have been in the civil service for 5 years, with previous roles in both DFID and Cabinet Office ministerial offices, communications and good governance policy.
Challenges and opportunities: International Women’s Day in Afghanistan
Posted 19 March 2013
Around International Women’s Day recently, the PRT here had a number of female-focussed visits, including Baroness Warsi and the NATO Secretary General’s wife. Earlier in the same week, Justine Greening, the DFID Secretary of State gave a speech on the importance of tackling violence against women and girls in Afghanistan. Sat at my desk in the Helmand PRT [...]
