Management Team
Lesley Casely-Hayford
Technical Advisor for Literacy, Gender and Special Education Needs
Dr. Leslie Casely-Hayford is the Director of Associates for Change and has worked in the field of international education development for over 20 years. She has consulted for a variety of international agencies including the World Bank, USAID, UNAIDS, UNESCO, Department for International Development (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 15 years Dr. Casely-Hayford has been based in Ghana, where she has led 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 the lead consultant for the Ministry of Education’s Sector Wide Program in the areas of gender, special needs, education and the disadvantaged during the Education Sector Review (ESR). She has extensive knowledge of the educational environment in Ghana and West Africa and has provided support for several USAID educational programs including QUIPS in Ghana and Project Equipe in Benin. She has developed several literacy programs including the project management, training and curriculum components of programs in Ghana, The Gambia and Nigeria. She has conducted evaluations and research on life skills, education, girls’ education and complementary education programming.
