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.
Clients & Testimonials
““Katie has a great command of an audience and adopts a pedagogic style that is more about facilitating learning and experience-sharing rather than instructing. She did a fantastic job training our team on gender analysis in development programmes. This was to help prepare our team to design our next generation of projects with our partners. The training sessions were very interactive, practical and informed by real-life experiences and case studies. It was definitely one of the top learning sessions we have had for our staff.””
“One of the best gender assessments USAID has seen.”
— USAID Washington contracting officer,
in reference to the CD4 Activity Gender Assessment produced by Katie Carlson for Land O’Lakes Venture37 in Rwanda
Katie has had the privilege of working with the following institutions:
Testimonials
Katie has been an absolute pleasure to work with. She has a clear passion and distinct understanding of issues that face women in agriculture. We appreciated her eagerness to learn and share findings during the assessment phase, ability to collaborate and incorporate the needs of a broad group of stakeholders and implement an action plan that champions gender inclusion. Without hesitation, Land O’Lakes Venture37 would hire Katie again to do this work.
- Kari oNYANCHA,
CHIEF OF PARTY,
LAND O’ LAKES VENTURE37
Katie's performance during the consultancy was excellent and we found her inputs to be both enlightening for the team and extremely useful for management. She provided detailed and practical feedback to our team on the various programs she visited, and offered us honest and rich insights which will enhance our program quality.
- Brian beckett,
program development and
quality director,
save the children rwanda
Striving for gender equality is not just what Katie teaches in her line of work, it is what she preaches and lives by every day. I haven't met anyone more passionate about girls' and women's rights and empowerment since working and living in Rwanda. Katie embodies what it means to be an active voice in a field which needs to be heard, and her knowledge and expertise inspire others to make a change for social justice.
- Lisanne comeau,
senior program director,
shooting touch international
Katie is an excellent trainer. Her knowledge of the Rwandan cultural context is a significant advantage and, as a foreigner, gave her credibility with our staff. It was very effective at stimulating debate and triggering a change in attitude. In fact, it is one of the few trainings where participants only wanted to talk about the training content discussion during the break!
— training participant, rwanda
Katie showed in-depth understanding of gender and inclusion aspects, delivered high-quality products and showed flexibility and engagement throughout the assignment. Her contributions have been insightful and relevant, supporting the Embassy’s efforts to prioritize and ensure gender equality considerations and gender mainstreaming within our programming in the areas of economic and private sector development.