Emily Dwyer works with local communities and international development and humanitarian organisations toward the inclusion of people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). Emily has 14 years experience in development and humanitarian work, and previously worked as a radio journalist in Australia and Southeast Asia. Emily is a trans woman and advocate for diverse SOGIESC inclusion in regional and global forums. In 2004 Emily moved to Afghanistan and managed media, humanitarian and civil society projects for Sayara and the United Nations. In 2008 Emily joined Internews as Bangkok-based South Asia Regional Manager managing country offices and designing local media development, humanitarian information, governance and peace building projects. From 2011-2014 she was in Washington DC, initially as Vice President of Afghanistan Projects for Internews and subsequently as a Senior Program Officer at the United States Institute of Peace. Emily returned to Australia in 2014, studying Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, working as Specialist Program Director at Melbourne’s LGBTIQ+ community radio station JOY94.9, and with Oxfam Australia as a Youth Engagement Advisor.Emily was an award-winning community radio producer, worked as a producer/presenter with ABC Radio National, and as a freelance foreign correspondent for the ABC, CNN, BBC and other broadcasters in Southeast Asia.