Meet and Greet with BBLP Fellow Laila Khondkar and Leigh Hafrey '73

The ClassACT HR73 Board and the Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program Steering Committee  are hosting a live event featuring this year’s Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program Fellow, Laila Khondkar. This reception will begin with social time, wine and light refreshments, followed by a conversation between Laila and ClassACT HR73 Board member Leigh Hafrey, discussing her past work, her time at HKS and her hopes for the future. Find more info about Laila here. We will plan time for questions from those attending.

Laila Khondkar is from Bangladesh. She has two decades of experience in international development. As a practitioner and researcher, she has contributed to Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS sectors. Laila has worked with Save the Children in various technical, management and leadership positions in Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, Liberia, Australia and England. In addition to working with CARE on Program Quality, she offered consultancy support to several national and international organizations. She has conducted research on public health issues at Centre for International Development (Harvard University), Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies (South Africa), and Institute of Population and Social Research (Mahidol University, Thailand).

Laila has significant experience in working at local, national and global levels on policy and advocacy. She writes regularly on child rights and other development issues and also speaks up on child rights violations through active engagement with print and electronic media.

Laila has completed MSc Control of Infectious Diseases from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Post Graduate Diploma: Children, Youth and Development from Institute of Social Studies, the Nederlands. She is presently studying Mid-Career Master in Public Administration/Mason Fellows Program at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.