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Afghan Woman with high qualifications provide services in regional level APAMA Consultancy Services Khwaga Kakar, President Khwaga Kakar is a development practition- er with more than 12 years of experience in policy research with a focus on accountabil- ity and human development in Afghanistan. She is current Apama Consultancy services which a private local firm engaged in re- search, project management. Ms. Kakar has worked in advisory and man- agement positions with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the international donor community in the Min- istry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kabul University and donors such as UN, ADB. Afghanistan Women’s Chamber of Com- merce and Industry 2019-2021 Board of Directors Khwaga has assisted in the devel- opment of key strategic policy documents such as, the first anti-corruption strategy, aid management policy, trans boundary water 20 AFGHAN WOMEN IN BUSINESS policy, water governance, and development cooperation report. Ms. Kakar has co-authored several papers on topics related to human development and governance and water governance. Ms. Kakar holds a Master of Public Administra- tion from Indiana University, Bloomington and Bachelor of Science from University of California, San Diego