Dr. Leslie Casely-Hayford

Dr Casely-Hayford is the Director of Associates for Change and has worked in the field of international education development for over 18 years. She has consulted for a variety of International Agencies including the World Bank, USAID, UNAIDS, UNESCO, Department for International Development (Dfid UK) and CIDA. She has advised African and Asian Governments concerning education development, special needs education, literacy, girls’ education and HIV/AIDS. Over the last nine years Dr Casely-Hayford has been based in Ghana, West Africa where she has led several evaluative studies in the areas of girls’ education, complementary education, community participation and the impact of HIV/AIDS within the education sector. She has been lead consultant with the Ministry of Education’s sector wide programme in the areas of gender, special needs education and the disadvantaged. She has extensive knowledge of the educational environment in Ghana and West Africa. She has conducted evaluations and research on life skills education, girls’ education and complementary education programming.