Dixie Hawtin Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

A short term consultancy role with the European Commission, I am assisting with the evaluation of proposals submitted in response to a call on a work programme entitled "Collective Awareness Platforms". The role involves reviewing proposals and writing a report on each proposal, including recommendations

Global Partners Digital (GPD) is a social purpose company working with civil society groups, governments, businesses and international organisations to protect and promote human rights online. Having joined GPD as a research analyst, I was later promoted to project manager and then to programme lead. My key achievements/responsibilities in this role were:• Designed and raised funds for a 3 year project working with partners in 9 countries across Africa, Latin America and Asia to the value of USD $3,000,000. This project was subsequently labelled a “flagship project” by the donor.• Designed and raised funds for two 1 year projects working with partners in South Asia valued at GBP £200,000 and GBP £149,950.• Researched and co-wrote substantial reports for the European Parliament, UNESCO, the Ford Foundation.• Managed many learning and strategic planning events for activists in the UK and abroad. • Conducted two large-scale programme evaluations for the Swedish International Development Agency. • Presented GPD through public-speaking at a wide variety of audiences, from side-events at the European Parliament and the United Nations, to youth group meetings. • Designed and commissioned a range of documents, including the first two instalments of the “Travel Guide to the Internet World” series.• Served as the co-chair of an international multi-stakeholder coalition for online human rights - the Internet Rights and Principles Coalition. • Served as an independent expert on the Council of Europe’s Committee on the Rights of the Internet User.

Managed ‘Lawyers in Schools’ - a human rights education programme that supported legal professionals to deliver public legal education classes in schools in economically deprived areas of the UK. My main duties included: • Recruiting new law firms and schools to the programme.• Developing teaching materials.• Managing partnerships between law firms and schools.• Marketing.• Monitoring and evaluation.

Part-time research internship focusing on child rights issues.

I spent four months in Chhattisgarh India providing research support to a grassroots human rights organization, focusing on children's rights in the education system, and land rights of tribal communities.

Ma, Understanding And Securing Human Rights

Llb, Law

High School, International Baccalaureate, 39 Points

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