National Coordinator (POPPY) at Eaves Housing for Women Ltd
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- National Coordinator at Eaves Housing for Women/OCJR
- Past
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- Anti-Trafficking Research and Policy Lead at Eaves Housing for Women
- Project Consultant at Women's Institute for Alternative Development
- Operations Manager at Protimos Foundation
- South and Central America programme assistant at Womankind Worldwide
- Juvenile Centre Assistant at Centro Juvenil Marcavalle
- Family Advocate at Glide
- Street Children's Project Volunteer at Tibetan Children's Village
- Development Intern at Human Rights Watch
- Labor Rights and Fair Trade Intern at Crispaz San Salvador
- Education
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- London School of Economics and Political Science
- London School of Economics
- University of Cape Town
- University of Cape Town
- University of San
- University of San Francisco
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- Non-Profit Organization Management
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Abigail Stepnitz’s Summary
Abigail Stepnitz’s Specialties:
Human trafficking, sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, forced labour, migration, gender, refugees, asylum seekers
Abigail Stepnitz’s Experience
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National Coordinator
Eaves Housing for Women/OCJR
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
April 2009 — Present (9 months)
Services to Trafficked Women in the United Kingdom
National lead on service provision to trafficked women for UK compliance with the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (ECAT)
Oversight of services provided to women trafficked into the UK, including safe houses for 54 women and 18 staff
Chair of the UK Human Trafficking Quarterly Forums. Committee member of the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Project, a shadow monitoring of ECAT in the UK; Strategic Monitoring Group of the National Referral Mechanism in conjunction with the UK Borders Agency and UK Human Trafficking Centre, and lead on creation of national minimum standards on services to trafficked persons. -
Anti-Trafficking Research and Policy Lead
Eaves Housing for Women
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
March 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Research and policy analysis related to counter-trafficking measures in the UK and Europe including local, national and international lobbying, campaigning and in-depth research.
Report writing, training, and policy guidance to statutory bodies and civil society
See publication and speaking engagements below for further details -
Project Consultant
Women's Institute for Alternative Development
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Integrating women's voices in security discourses (Home-based)
Research, design and implementation consultant on a project introducing gender analysis, advocacy and training with regard to discourses on security and governance, providing women with advocacy skills and building on women's 'informal' peacebuilding activities in response to community violence. -
Operations Manager
Protimos Foundation
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 2007 — March 2008 (6 months)
Project and operations management for an NGO focused on access to law and justice in Lesotho and South Africa. Responsible for fundraising, external communications, management of advisory board, research and financial and database management.
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South and Central America programme assistant
Womankind Worldwide
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; International Trade and Development industry)
October 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 1 month)
WOMANKIND Worldwide is the only UK charity devoted to enabling women to achieve this.
We work closely with 34 partner community groups in 13 developing countries. This means that the projects we fund and support tackle the specific issues in a particular area, rather than trying to import a 'one size fits all' solution from the UK.
All our projects are connected to enabling women to understand their legal rights. And to use these rights to benefit their daily lives. Where new legislation is needed to protect women or improve their status, we help our partners secure this too. -
Juvenile Centre Assistant
Centro Juvenil Marcavalle
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2006 — March 2006 (3 months)
Community and government liaison for a detention centre for boys aged 12-20 convicted of violent crimes. Liaised with local government to encourage development of social and economic policies aimed at rehabilitation of offenders, improved economic prospects for youth and reduction of communal violence
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Family Advocate
Glide
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years )
Transportation, child care, medical insurance: Families without adequate support often find themselves bending or breaking from the pressures of daily living. The goal of Glide's Family Services programs is to support the entire family unit. Glide provides an extended family to grow with and a community to draw strength from. Everyone--from youth to seniors--is given the resources they need to realize their own power and potential.
The Janice Mirikitani Family, Youth, and Childcare Center (FYCC) provides children and their families with licensed childcare (infant, toddler and preschooler age) and after-school programs including tutoring, computer instruction, creative arts, mentoring, counseling, advocacy, case management, and nutrition education. Many of the families have experienced homelessness and substance abuse; they are struggling to improve the families’ situation. -
Street Children's Project Volunteer
Tibetan Children's Village
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2004 — July 2004 (3 months)
Worked with street children in New Delhi and Dharamsala, India and assisted with awareness-raising and economic inclusion campaigns in the local communities
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Development Intern
Human Rights Watch
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2003 — April 2004 (8 months)
Fundraising duties: Maintaining a Raiser's Edge database, and individual Gift processing
Event planning and support for California Committee and Young Advocates and coordination for the 2004 San Francisco Annual Dinner -
Labor Rights and Fair Trade Intern
Crispaz San Salvador
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2003 — August 2003 (3 months)
Researched the effects of free trade on Salvadoran laborers, predominantly women and children, and the human rights abuses taking place in many factories within the free trade zone.
This research was then presented to the US Embassy in San Salvador to encourage increased development of labor rights in the country and the role of the US government
Abigail Stepnitz’s Education
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London School of Economics and Political Science
MSc , Human Rights , 2006 — 2007
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London School of Economics
MSc , Human Rights
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University of Cape Town
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University of Cape Town
Conflict Resolution
International Institute for Mediation & Conflict Resolution/ University of Cape Town, SA
Symposium on International Conflict Resolution
Creation of a gender-based violence education initiative in the home countries of militaries in conflict abroad -
University of San
B.A , Politics (emphases; Peace and Justice Studies and Legal Studies
Dissertation: Towards a Universal Gender Inclusivity: Deconstructing Patriarchy in International Law
- Activities and Societies:
- University Scholars programme,
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University of San Francisco
BA (Suma Cum Laude) , Political Science
- Activities and Societies:
- University Scholar, recipient Mauricio C Romero Award for Academics and Public Service, winner 2004 Ralph Lane Peace and Justice Essay Award, winner Charles Dullea and Paul Nathan National/International Community Service Award
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