Birgitta Vega Leyton Email & Phone Number

Stockholm, Sverige

Working with women’s role in peace processes. Managing the Swedish Women’s Mediation Network.

Sandö, Sweden

Working with grant management, preparing and assessing applications. The aim of the grants is to promote information, commitment and knowledge development in the field of peace-keeping; disarmament; security policy; women, peace and security, and youth, peace and security.

Stockholm, Sweden

Svalorna Latinamerika collaborates with local partner organizations in Bolivia, Nicaragua and Peru for human rights with a focus on democracy and influence, equality and sustainable development. In the position as responsible for the information program and communication, I wrote applications and reports to the main financier Forum CiV and worked actively.

Guatemala

In the position of Project Manager for the project 1325: Empowering Women Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Guatemala, I was responsible for a work team consisting of three people and the implementation of the project. The position included management, reporting and communication with the project's partners in.

Stockholm, Sverige

As the person responsable of the internship program and as the Program Officer for the programs in Latin America, I contributed to applications and reports. Twice a year, I recruited six interns to Latin America and was responsible for training them before departure and for their follow up work upon returning home. I created new routines for regular follow.

Malmö, Sweden

Malmö Against Discrimination is an anti-discrimination agency that defends everyone's right not to be discriminated against. When I was hired, it was a newly started organization with only two employees and I was responsible for building up administrative routines and recruitment process for the organization. I created an anonymized recruitment process to.

Malmö

In August 2013 a group of feminist activist in Malmö decided to hold a free feminist festival as an alternative to the feminist conference Nordiskt Forum that was held in 12-15th of July in Malmö and attained funding that enabled the hiring of a coordinator. I coordinated the work of 80 volunteers that worked to create the three-day festival with over 100.

Lund, Sweden

Colombia

Accompanied Afro-Colombian and indigenous partner organizations and individuals working for peace, justice, and human rights in remote areas of Colombia.Served as the Human Rights and Gender focal point, assessed SweFOR’s internal gender policy, created practical tools to incorporate gender perspectives into all aspects of the project.

Malmö

Animal Rights

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Malmo, Sweden

Greater New York City Area

Resolution Watch is a PeaceWomen Project initiative to monitor the Security Council's efforts to incorporate UN Security Council Resolution 1325(2000) on women, peace and security into its day-to-day work.

Master Of Social Science, Gender

Ma, Legal Studies

Activities and Societies: Amnesty Lawyers Group Red Cross Youth Group Peace Quest

Social Studies

Exchange Studies

Gender