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Rooted in social work and a deep commitment to racial, gender and youth justice, I am a…

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    Girls Education and Empowerment Volunteer

    Peace Corps

    - 2 years 4 months

    Human Rights

    Worked with adolescent girls and adult allies to build girls’ programming centered on organizing, safe spaces and power building with girls; co-developed community organizing efforts to address the root causes of violence against girls; partnered with local activists to establish organizing efforts to address child trafficking across 26 communities; and established a girls soccer league across the region. Created and conducted training on grant writing, program development, management, and…

    Worked with adolescent girls and adult allies to build girls’ programming centered on organizing, safe spaces and power building with girls; co-developed community organizing efforts to address the root causes of violence against girls; partnered with local activists to establish organizing efforts to address child trafficking across 26 communities; and established a girls soccer league across the region. Created and conducted training on grant writing, program development, management, and evaluation to a team of activists who since started their own local organization.

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    Special Projects (MSW Field Placement)

    UNICEF

    - 9 months

    Human Rights

    Supported Child Protection Specialist to investigate violence against girls and women in Kenya during post-election crisis as a member of an inter-agency rapid assessment team.

    Conducted extensive research, including interviews with practitioners and a literature review, on good practices in psychosocial interventions in response to sexual violence in emergency settings: primary authorship of guidance paper for field testing in Sudan.

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    Crime Victims Treatment Center (CVTC)

    - 1 year 9 months

    Human Rights

  • Steering Committee Member

    Philanthropy Advancing Women's Human Rights

    - 4 years 7 months

    Human Rights

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