Biography

Before recently returning to academia for an MPhil in Sociology of Marginality and Exclusion, I worked in humanitarian response for ten years, focusing on preventing and providing services to survivors of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). I lived and worked in Uganda, Ethiopia, Iraq and Lebanon, and have supported programmes across the Middle East, Central and Eastern Africa, working with populations displaced by conflict. Throughout my career, I have always sought to improve the quality and extend the reach of services I provided, especially mindful of the importance of including women and girls who might be marginalised within their own community. With this goal in mind, I am taking on a PhD in Sociology to explore the introduction of the theory and practice of intersectionality within humanitarian responses from a decolonial and feminist perspective. By leveraging both my professional and research experience, I will work closely with displaced women and girls affected by violence to develop guidance for humanitarian practitioners to adopt an intersectional approach to the design and delivery of VAWG prevention and response programmes. I am also interested in exploring research methods that recognise and attend to the significant power imbalances inherent in the researcher-participant relationship in situations of displacement. As a Gates scholar, a humanitarian practitioner and a researcher I will continue to contribute to building a safer world for women and girls

Previous Education

University of Cambridge Marginality and Exclusion 2019
London School of Economics & Political Science (Un Development Management 2008
Universita Degli Studi Bologna InternationalCooperationDevel 2007