Minha Rana

Research and Program Associate

Ms. Minha works at the Center for Research and Security Studies as a Research and Program Associate. She is currently working on an action research project called “Assessment of health-seeking behavior,” which is being implemented across Pakistan in 19 High Risk Union Councils. The study focuses on vaccine hesitancy and health-seeking behavior among residents of the study areas.
Her responsibilities include project implementation and line management of 40 field researchers, as well as the preparation of project documentation such as monthly and quarterly progress reports, work plans, risk logs, quality assured field reports, qualitative analysis of the information derived through FGDs and KIIs. While ensuring that the project adequately addresses cross-cutting themes such as gender, human rights, and safeguarding.
Minha has a bachelor’s degree in International Relations with a major in Public Policy from Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad. She participated in an International Summer School on International and European Studies at Eberhard Karls University in Tubingen, Germany. Previously she has worked for UNDP Pakistan, WWF Pakistan, and the British Council Pakistan. Her areas of interest include human rights, the effects of climate change on health and gender, and promoting peace and youth engagement through environment friendly activities.