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With over 10 years of experience in policy and advocacy, I am passionate about global health and promoting gender equality. As the Senior Communications Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, I leverage my skills in advocacy, strategy & partnership development, and digital storytelling to deliver the Foundation's priorities in focus countries.I have worked with government representatives, intergovernmental organisations, and civil society partners to implement the 'leave no one behind' agenda, which aims to reach the most marginalised and excluded groups first. I am bilingual in English and French, and speak intermediate level Spanish.
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Senior Communications OfficerBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Mar 2024 - PresentGreater London, England, United Kingdom- Communications and advocacy on global health issues - Strategy development - Digital storytelling -
Content And Partnerships LeadBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Sep 2022 - Apr 2024London, England, United Kingdom- Partnership development to implement the Foundation's Programmes, Advocacy and Communications Strategy- Development of a Digital Strategy in focus countries- Supporting strong narratives and storytelling from programmatic work -
Gender Equality Team, Government Relations, Parental Leave Cover For Senior Programme OfficerBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Jan 2022 - Sep 2022London, England, United Kingdom• Created strategic document to identify priorities areas of work in gender equality across Europe, Middle East and East Asia• Working across Europe, Middle East and East Asia to implement the gender equality strategy• Working within Europe, Middle East and East Asia to support gender equality in LMICs• Supporting the attainment of SDG5 on gender equality• Grant management for gender equality projects -
Board TrusteeSherose Sep 2016 - PresentLondon, England, United KingdomBoard Trustee at SheRose, an education charity that is achieving a 63% increase in education of young girls in rural areas of Malawi. The organisation was set up in acknowledgment that Malawi has one of the highest child marriage rates in Africa. We have been working year on year to decrease the number of girls that are being forced into marriage under the age of 18 by giving young girls from communities vulnerable to child marriage the opportunity to go to school or learn a trade through an… Show more Board Trustee at SheRose, an education charity that is achieving a 63% increase in education of young girls in rural areas of Malawi. The organisation was set up in acknowledgment that Malawi has one of the highest child marriage rates in Africa. We have been working year on year to decrease the number of girls that are being forced into marriage under the age of 18 by giving young girls from communities vulnerable to child marriage the opportunity to go to school or learn a trade through an apprenticeship. Show less -
Senior Manager, Global External AffairsBrooke Nov 2019 - Feb 2022Leading in the following areas:• Steering Committee Member for the UK civil society SDG group and co-chair of the Bond Leave No One Behind Group• Lead on drafting inputs into the ministerial declaration for the High Level Political Forum and UN General Assembly in the area of One Health.• Recruited a team to support the ever expanding work of the Global External Affairs Team• Leading on strategy with SDGs at the heart of our advocacy goals• Leading our influencing work… Show more Leading in the following areas:• Steering Committee Member for the UK civil society SDG group and co-chair of the Bond Leave No One Behind Group• Lead on drafting inputs into the ministerial declaration for the High Level Political Forum and UN General Assembly in the area of One Health.• Recruited a team to support the ever expanding work of the Global External Affairs Team• Leading on strategy with SDGs at the heart of our advocacy goals• Leading our influencing work in One Health and developing our long term strategy on how human health, animal health and the environment intersect, as well as the impact of this on global health.• Exploitative industries such as brick kilns and coal mines where we are working in consortia with the International Labour Organization (Nepal), ActionAid (Nepal) and ICIMOD to ensure human and animal welfare as well as climate change are addressed in policy creation.• Leading on our UN engagement, ensuring recognition of working animals a livelihood and food security asset is recognised and supported through global policy Show less
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Global External Affairs ManagerBrooke Apr 2018 - Nov 2019London, United KingdomBrooke has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) and Consultative Status with the FAO to help advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Within this area of our work I :• Lead on technical input into UN documents• Attend and input in person at high level meetings such as the UN General Assembly with the goal of advancing the SDGs regionally and globally through negotiation, partnership and implementation• Work with… Show more Brooke has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) and Consultative Status with the FAO to help advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Within this area of our work I :• Lead on technical input into UN documents• Attend and input in person at high level meetings such as the UN General Assembly with the goal of advancing the SDGs regionally and globally through negotiation, partnership and implementation• Work with other international organisations to input as part of the NGO Major Group stakeholders in interlinkages between the SDGsBrooke works with people across brick kilns in South Asia to build skill and knowledge through a One Health approach, so that working livestock can continue to support the livelihoods of the communities who depend on them most. Within this role I :• Support the leadership of a consortia with child rights based and environmental organisations so that we can improve the brick kiln sector holistically• Support our in-country Project Manager to achieve the outcomes and outputs of this project• Work in country (India, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan) to implement our advocacy work and ensure link up with our global strategy Show less
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External Relations AdvisorUnicef Uk Sep 2014 - Apr 2018London, United Kingdom• Leading engagement in advocacy and communications engagement• Created a Voice of the Supporter programme to better understand UNICEF UK audiences• Innovation and Insight working group • Creating an online, digitally focussed community of advocates of Unicef -
Campaign ManagerInternational Maritime Organization May 2016 - Aug 2016London, United Kingdom• Global reach of the Day of the Seafarer campaign for 2016 was increased to 28,000,000 when I managed the campaign• Worked well with other UN organizations in order to give a clear message of support to the campaign including UN Women, ILO and UNHCR• Led in the creation of the webpage for the campaign: http://bit.ly/1XhcZcK and oversaw the production of the French and Spanish versions of the campaign as I am proficient in English, French and Spanish -
ManagerFederal Ministry Of Education And Research, Germany Nov 2010 - Sep 2014Senegal• Managing meetings from conception of WASCAL to signing of Constitutional Framework and Agreement • Drafting legally binding documents for the agreements in French and English• Working mainly in French but also in English to communicate the benefits of this partnership to each country• Keeping all the countries engaged and managing the budget and accounts of each meeting -
International Crisis Group VolunteerInternational Crisis Group Jan 2010 - Nov 2010Dakar, Senegal• Volunteer Political Analyst• Wrote situation reports covering the Guinean Electoral crisis and the electoral crisis in Cote d'Ivoire• Organised and attending meetings with political actors from the West Africa region to resolve the political deadlock in parts of the region• Organised press conferences• Used diplomacy to achieve advocacy goals to ensure Crisis Group's recommendations for conflict resolution in regional conflicts -
Communications InternUndp Jun 2007 - Jul 2008Burkina Faso• Produced a press review for the UNDP everyday• Produced updates for staff member and attended weekly briefing meetings • Was proactive in finding solutions to problems and worked on long term improvement in communicating Millennium Development Goals to local communities; presentations etc.• Created a spreadsheet on past, present and future UN activities for annual report and 2007 budget -
Global Data AnalysBloomberg Lp Jun 2005 - Oct 2006London• Data input for ‘financial data at your fingertips’ project• Used my language skills to obtain financial data for companies in France, Brussels and other French speaking nations• Problem-solving to enable us to find historic financial information for countries in developing countries• Building organisation skills, setting targets for myself was asked to stay on in this role but wanted to further studies at University
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Carine Bambara-Shaw works for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Carine Bambara-Shaw's current role is Senior Communications Officer.
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Carine Bambara-Shaw attended Harvard Kennedy School, King's College London, University Of Leicester.
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Carine Bambara-Shaw has skills like Leadership, Social Media, Public Speaking, Skilled Multi Tasker, Policy Analysis, Resource Development, Lobbying, Social Media Outreach, International Relations, Strategic Planning, International Development, Tenacious Work Ethic.
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