Naseem Shaikh has two decades of experience promoting grassroots women’s leadership in sustainable resilient development. She began working with women in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra soon after the 1993 earthquake, then applied lessons learned to post-earthquake reconstruction after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. She has organized grassroots women’s learning exchanges, trainings, evaluations and dialogues with decision makers. In addition to her work in India, she has facilitated grassroots missions to Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, Thailand, Nepal, to build grassroots women’s leadership, expertise and scale up grassroots-led resilience practices in a range of sectors including sustainable agriculture, livelihoods, health, water and sanitation and disaster resilience.
