p> Join us for a virtual conversation with Shoko Arakaki, D
irector, Humanitarian Office, UNFPA, Geneva Beatrice N
danu, Gender and Gender Based Violence Officer, Nairobi April Pham, Senior Gender Advisor and Head of Gender Unit, OCHA, New Yo
rk Devon Cone, Senior Advocate for Women and Girls, R
efugees International
Shoko Arakaki is Director of th
e Humanitarian Office of the United Nations Population Fund. Previously, sh
e served as Chief of Branch, Partnerships, Inter-governmental process and I
nter-agency cooperation in United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reductio
n (UNDRR), Chief of Regional Programme Coordination and National Implementa
tion Support at UNDRR, Chief of External Relations and Partnerships Section
, and Chief of the Funding Coordination Section at the Office for the Coord
ination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). She brings over 25 years of diverse
experience, across different bodies of the UN system such as the OCHA, Uni
ted Nations Development Programme and Department of Peace Keeping Operation
s, as well as international NGOs, at headquarters and the field, including
the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, East Timor, and South East Asian countries.<
/p> | Beatrice Ndanu is a humanitarian professional with experience
in design and implementation of programs on prevention of violence against
women and girls for displaced persons. She has professional experience and
competencies in child protection, gender-based violence prevention and prot
ection of persons with specific needs. Ndanu is passionate about ensuring a
ccess to quality gender-based violence case-management services to survivor
s of violence as well as proper data collection of GBV incidences using the
GBVIMS. She has over five years of experience and understanding of quality
sexual and gender based violence protection among displaced urban refugees
. Ndanu has a dual bachelor's degree in Sociology and Psychology from the U
niversity of Nairobi and is currently pursuing her Masters degree in Gender
and Development studies. | April Pham is a Senio
r Gender Advisor and the Head of Gender Unit in the Office of the Assistant
Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator at the UN's Offi
ce for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Pham has over 25 years of
experience in social justice, human rights, gender equality, and the preven
tion and response to violence against women/gender-based violence in develo
pment and humanitarian settings. Prior to joining OCHA, she was a senior ge
nder advisor for the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, where she provided st
rategic interagency support to Humanitarian Coordinators and country teams,
on matters pertaining to gender equality, empowerment, and leadership in M
yanmar, Fiji/the Pacific, Ukraine, Turkey/Syria cross border, Yemen, Sudan,
South Sudan, and at global level in Geneva Switzerland. Earlier in her car
eer she was a youth worker, women's rights advocate in the NGO sector, and
later protection officer in West Darfur for UNHCR and a gender specialist f
or UNIFEM (now UN Women) in Vietnam. Twitter: @MynameisApes |
Devon Cone (moderator) is the senior advocate for women and girls
at Refugees International. Before joining RI, she served as the director of
protection programs at HIAS where she was responsible for providing techni
cal expertise to HIAS’ protection-related programming globally. She has als
o worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in L
ebanon, Uganda, Egypt, and Kenya and for a variety of NGOs providing servic
es to refugees. As part of her work, she has developed curriculum and led t
rainings on refugee protection for government officials, NGO staff, and UN
agencies. At the request of the State Department in 2015, Cone conducted an
independent evaluation of the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) which
is responsible for choosing, vetting, and resettling refugees into the US.
Her writing has been published in Foreign Policy, the Forced Migration Revi
ew and The Huffington Post. Twitter: @DevonCone
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Wednesday,
October 7, 2020 | 12 to 1 PM EDT | Online
Registered participants will receive a Zoom link to
participate.
Registration for thi
s event is now closed Space is limited and advance registration is required.
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