Nazish Afraz
@nazish_afraz
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Pottering around doing bits of economics, teaching, public policy
Lahore, Pakistan
Joined September 2018
Rizwana is a normal 14 year old. She loves to dress up, play with dolls, laugh, look pretty. But she was sent into labour and beaten and tortured. Her limbs were broken, her head was smashed till the bone poked into her brain. She was forced to drink toilet cleaner and has burn
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"We are expanding the platform of Friends of Bali and we would like to welcome compassionate citizens like yourself to be added to this group to help the needy. Please ask your family members and friends if they want to be part of this group." #BaliMemorialTrust
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2023 was a year dedicated to making a positive impact, from enabling individuals to empowering communities! None of this would have been possible without your help. Join us to create an even greater impact this year through mutual effort. let's make a difference togetherš
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Would be interesting to hear the new things these Chinese experts have come up which which our in-house experts @dawarhbutt @UrbanUnitGop havenāt already told usā¦Wasting time & destroying lungs commissioning more diagnostics when we need implementation https://t.co/N7vj9eB1qf
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CLEANING UP Pakistanās toxic air is a daunting task, and demands a holistic approach and comprehensive policy...
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Year ends w the heavy awareness that power trumps ethics & justice. Every layer - personal, national, global - is a microcosm playing to the same rules. Power is the winning hand & no cost is too large to be paid by those on the other side. Heart with #Gaza as the year closes š
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What is unusual is not her experience, but the fact that she chose to resign publicly for it. Global statistics show that most women face such large penalties for reporting that they leave their workplaces quietly, allowing the perpetrators to continue operating with impunity.
"I quit wrestling": Sakshee Malikkh after ex-chief Brij Bhushan's aide wins poll š„: ANI #SakshiMalik #BrijBhushan #WFI
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Men will spend a lifetime asking women why they didnāt register a complaint against their sexual harasser. Theyāll ignore all the examples of when speaking up caused a woman more trauma than remaining quiet, when it caused her to quit her job, her passion, her everything.
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Nazish Afraz, Teaching Fellow at LUMS, delved into the valuation of non-market goods, like the value of a statistical life, and addressed distributional concerns in her module on cost-benefit analysis for policy development. @GEI_GlobalEval
#EBPD2023 #MandEforClimate
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An honour to pay tribute to the incredible Syed Babar Ali and Parveen apa & appreciate their patronage to the Shams Shahabuddin Convalescent home. Heartening and inspiring to be around people who are committed to making the world a better place for others
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How do we control vehicular emissions in Lahore? Take a look at the evidence from other contexts. Odd-even number plate policy didnāt really work in India. Plate-based vehicular restrictions in Mexico City did nothing eitherāin fact, led to more polluting vehicles. \1
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Podcast -- Let's Talk Development Nazish Afraz and Amna Akhsheed discuss and unpack the importance of womenās agency to choose family size and make decisions based on their financial and physical resources. https://t.co/NJBkch94lM
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#HappeningThisWeekend: Join us for our second panel talk on day 2 of the #EconFest-āPolicy, The Public and Economic Disorderā. The session will be moderated by Dr.@khand154 (@EconomicsLUMS) & features @nazish_afraz (@EconomicsLUMS), Dr. Fahd Ali (ITU) & Dr.@FareehaArmughan (SDPI)
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If you're in Islamabad this coming weekend, you wouldn't want to miss the @PIDEpk #EconFest, featuring two panel discussions organized by @EconomicsLUMS. The sessions are moderated by Dr. Hadia Majid (Associate Professor & Department Chair) and Dr. @khand154 (Assistant Professor)
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I wanted to share some thoughts on whatās happening right now in Israel and Gaza. https://t.co/fEaYWFisnN
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Itās been 17 days since Hamas launched its horrific attack against Israel, killing over 1,400 Israeli citizens, including defenselessā¦
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Please join @nazish_afraz @ArmughanFareeha @econalif and myself for a discussion about the character of policy and its relationship with the public as we experience a state of economic disorder. Looking forward to seeing you all in hall 3 on day 2 of #EconFest! (@EconomicsLUMS)
PIDE brings a diachronic & an essentialist list of topics for #EconFest, which definitely need debate but also require solutions; some operable way forwards & concrete long term engagement & conversations of thought community! Come, Join us because #ItsAllAboutEconomy & #Ų§ŲµŁŲ§Ų
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Meet the faculty for CLEAR PCA &Ā @CERPakistan's Evidence-Based Program Design Workshop 2023. Registrations are now open! Early Bird Deadline: October 31, 2023 Registration Deadline: November 10, 2023 For details, visit: https://t.co/WXXMUxc7kV
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@CERPakistan @GEI_GlobalEval @GhazalaMansuri @MaroofAliSyed @Princeton @AndlingerCenter @_farahsaid @HaqMahbub @LifeAtLUMS #FacultySpotlight for @EBPD2023 Through Evidence Based Program Design Workshop, participants will learn how to design and implement programs using a highly structured evidence-based approach. @CERPakistan
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On @MSNBC last night, @chrislhayes asked me how the rest of the world heard Joe Biden's speech. I pointed out that a lot of people around the world do see the Israelis as the ones behaving like Russia in Ukraine - occupying, annexing, dropping bombs. https://t.co/DVOj2EOWch
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