Susan Ferguson has 21 years of international gender and development experience and a further 20 years of development experience in Australia. She has lived and worked overseas – India, South Africa, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

Susan has worked across the global Australian Aid program, as a gender specialist, completing in-country missions in Philippines (Mindanao), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Timor Leste, to name a few.

Before working overseas, Susan was an experienced development worker in Australia, designing social services for women, refugees and young people, or working in civil society or government institutions to advance equality and meet the needs of the poorest.