Shohida Tulieva

About the Expert

Shohida Tulieva is a national expert in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), gender and social equality, and youth engagement in Tajikistan’s water sector. She has 17 years of professional experience in the sector, spanning operational management and project portfolio management. Her work integrates gender considerations into water resources management, with an emphasis on bottom-up approaches and the development of methodologies and tools for gender research at the local level. She currently serves as a consultant on gender equality and youth engagement for World Bank Group-financed water sector projects in Tajikistan. She is President of the Association “Woman and Water” of Central Asia and Afghanistan, a member of the Women in Water Diplomacy Network and a guest lecturer at the Kazakh-German University. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia.

Professional Experience

• National Expert – Integrated Water Resources Management, with a focus on gender and social equality and youth engagement in Tajikistan’s water sector.
• Consultant – gender equality and youth engagement in World Bank Group-financed water sector projects in Tajikistan.
• President of the Association “Woman and Water” of Central Asia and Afghanistan – building professional networks and strengthening the capacities of women working in the water sector.
• Guest Lecturer at the Kazakh-German University – gender equality in the water sector and basin management.

Key Initiatives and Contributions

• Syrdarya basin forums – established the “Basin Women Forum” and “Youth Basin Forum” as platforms for dialogue under an SDC project.
• Replicating the basin forum model – helped develop a mechanism for establishing a similar forum on the Kafarnigan River in southern Tajikistan.
• Advocating for women and young people – bringing the concerns of women and youth from rural communities to the attention of decision-makers at ministerial level.
• Local-level gender research – developing methodologies and tools based on a bottom-up approach in Tajikistan, Central Asia and Afghanistan.
• Water sector reform – contributing to reforms at national and regional levels.

Education

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, specialising in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Central Asia. Kazakh-German University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. DAAD Regional Studies Programme.

Professional Networks and Partnerships

• Association “Woman and Water” of Central Asia and Afghanistan – President
• Women in Water Diplomacy Network in Central Asia and Afghanistan – Member
• National Commission on Irrigation and Drainage in Tajikistan – Member