Hi, I’m Fariya!

I’m a policy and advocacy strategist and facilitator with over 14 years of experience across 4 continents and expertise in sub–Saharan Africa. I’m a senior generalist with experience building strategies and programs from the ground up, designing and delivering capacity building curricula, and leading high-level policy advocacy and campaigns.

My areas of expertise include fiscal policy, advocacy strategy and campaigns, governance (accountability and transparency), and gender equality.

I speak English (native), German, French, Bengali, and Urdu. I was born in Canada and raised in the UAE by Bangladeshi-Canadian parents. I now live in Berlin, Germany (via London, Accra, Toronto).

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Fariya is an exceptional strategic thinker, facilitator, and collaborator. I worked with her at the International Budget Partnership on initiatives related to debt accountability and budget credibility, and also engaged closely with work she led on tax equity. Across these different areas, I was consistently impressed by the depth and care she brought to complex systemic questions, and by her ability to guide colleagues through difficult and consequential organizational discussions in a genuinely collaborative way. Fariya combines strategic insight with an unusual ability to build relationships and move day-to-day work forward. She is an exceptionally warm, generous, and inspiring partner, and it is always a pleasure to collaborate with her.

Sally Torbert

Global Lead, Policy and Research, International Budget Partnership

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Hi, I’m Fariya!

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