Katie Carlson is an international gender specialist working with a variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors. She specializes in progressive gender analysis and mainstreaming, as well as participatory gender training and capacity building for adults and adolescents. Katie is uniquely passionate about gender transformative approaches that bring about positive social change and are inclusive of men and boys as key players in shifting gender norms.
Katie Carlson-Akuno, International Gender Expert
Katie Carlson-Akuno is an international gender expert and a vocal advocate for the rights of women and girls around the world. Katie works with a diverse range of organizations, specializing in gender transformative thinking and practice, including analysis and mainstreaming across a variety of sectors, as well as participatory gender coaching and capacity building for adults and adolescents. She brings a wealth of expertise directly informed by her extensive hands-on work at the grassroots level, experience which shapes and fuels her thought leadership at the regional and global level of policy, program and strategy development and gender mainstreaming. Katie is distinctly passionate about gender transformative approaches that bring about positive, sustainable social change and are inclusive of men and boys as key players in shifting gender norms and preventing gender-based violence.
Click here to read a USAID and Land O’Lakes Venture37 publication about the impact of one of Katie’s unique community interventions in Rwanda,
known as Trading Places.
Download Katie’s capability statement here.
Katie’s Approach
Learn more about the impact and sustainability of gender transformative approaches.
Clients & Testimonials
Katie's clients range from local grassroots organizations to major international NGOs and multilateral institutions.
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Services
Katie provides a range of services for businesses, UN agencies, NGOs, government institutions and more.