Development practitioner, livelihoods & value chain specialist with deep interest in market-based solutions to poverty/disenfranchisement & the power of cultural heritage & making as a tool for social changeAmneh has led teams in large-scale employment and entrepreneurship-focused initiatives including USAID's Entrepreneurs project and the GAC funded Pathways and Pursestrings. Her work is strongly focused on combating gender inequalities in access, education and personal autonomy. Amneh believes that business can be used as a tool for social good and community transformation & the digital revolution must be strategised to create space for the growth of centuries old craft traditions. Management-consulting professional, social entrepreneur and gender specialist with 18 years of experience in economic development, poverty reduction, environment and health initiatives, Amneh advises and leads a not-for-profit organization called Entrepreneurship and Community Development Institute (www.ecdipakistan.org) which specialises in microenterprise, technical skills & value chain development programmes focused on women & young people in Pakistan and employs traditional skills as a means of lifting marginalised artisan, rural producer and slum-dwelling urban communities out of poverty. She has led projects financed by UNHCR, USAID, ILO and CIDA. Amneh cofounded & runs Polly and Other Stories (www.pollyandotherstories.com), an ecommerce initiative that brings to market carefully made artisanal products, created by small producers or enterprises in their homes or in remote villages that are excluded from mainstream markets, thereby bridging the gap for talented craftspeople, including refugee women, who were unable to benefit from demand for authentic and handmade items. Amneh thrives on ideas that can transform development industry practices to support local economies and empower individuals and small enterprises. She works at the intersection of social justice, gender equality, sustainability, decolonization and fashion.Amneh is a founding curatorial member for the Women of World festivals in Pakistan since 2016 (wowvirtual.pk). She is a an Acumen and Miller Center fellowSpecialties: social impact development, research/writing, strategic planning, economic growth, gender & development, inclusive economic development: value chain & market development, product development, ecommerce, growing artisan enterprises, start-ups, managing complex projects, social activism/engagement, social networks, stories and relationships