Suvarna Hulawale has more than ten years of experience in international  development, ranging from grassroots to policy level, focusing on both need-based and human-rights-based approaches in a variety of sectors including health, education, governance, women’s rights, land rights, livelihood, and gender-based violence.
Suvarna’s areas of expertise include monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, program development, and capacity building.  She has a post-graduate degree in social work and has previously worked as mentor with Action Aid International in Zamibia and Sierra Leone, VSO in Ethiopia, and as a consultant with The World Bank and UNICEF. Suvarna joined IBP in November 2015 as a consultant and became a full staff member in July 2015. She is currently based in Washington, DC.