Together for Equality

Alice is passionate about what CTG stands for: Committed To Good. A vocal advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals, Alice leads by example to ensure women play a broader role in humanitarian projects in high-risk environments by spearheading the CTG Female First initiative.  She has 14 years of experience managing projects in challenging environments. From the day that Alice stepped into Iraq, in 2003, she felt a certainty that she was meant to work assisting communities, particularly local people, of fragile and conflict-affected countries. Over the years she has expanded CTG’s operations from an Afghanistan focus to 25 countries. Alice describes herself as a wife, mother, boss and workaholic.

Award winning Manizha Wafeq is the President and co-founder Afghanistan Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AWCCI).  Manizha has 19 years’ experience in development, 15 of which have been focused on women’s empowerment and gender equality working with international, government and non-governmental organizations. She has an MBA from the American University of Afghanistan, and her persistent and influential lobbying skills have resulted in several policy recommendations being incorporated and approved across the country. She has taught and mentored more than 500 Afghan businesswomen as the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women’s In-Country Facilitator for Afghanistan.  

Peterson Magoola is a gender equality champion, and a specialist in women’s rights and development. He has over 18 years’ senior level experience on global policy issues and programmes on gender equality, women empowerment, and development. Peterson has extensive experience across countries including Moldova, Belarus, Afghanistan and Liberia, providing strategic leadership and management of country programmes, with focus on women, peace and security; ending violence against women, women’s participation and representation; and on women economic empowerment. His experience also includes policy advocacy, programmes development/implementation, partnerships and coordination, and overall management. He holds a Masters’ degree in Public Health; Bachelors in Economics, and Education.