Bridget Burns specializes in policy advocacy, research and movement building at the intersection of gender equality, women’s rights and climate and environmental justice. For several years, she has been particularly focused on integrating gender equality into the decisions and outcomes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In her work at the international policy level, she has facilitated travel support and capacity building for over 250 women from the Global South to participate as part of their national delegations in UNFCCC meetings and intersessionals, under WEDO's flagship Women Delegates Fund (WDF) programme. In addition, Bridget serves as the co-Focal Point of the Women and Gender Constituency, which supports the political participation of women's rights advocates into the climate process. Through synergies with key civil society activists, this work has supported the integration of gender equality language across 50 programs and decisions of the UNFCCC.Prior to WEDO, Bridget worked at LEAD International, coordinating a global network of environmental leaders and conducting leadership training. She obtained a Masters from the London School of Economics in Gender, Development and Globalization. Through this work and study, Bridget has also spent time completing on site practicum on a wide variety of development issues in several countries: renewable energy infrastructure in Beijing, global health issues in Tunisia, disaster risk and resilience in Bangkok, and women’s economic development in Costa Rica. She has been and is currently engaged in a number of local and international climate activist groups, including local NY fossil fuel resistance campaigns.