Hannah Johnson Email & Phone Number

Cardiff, Gb

Cardiff, Gb

I lead on improving the diversity and quality of evidence and research available to Members and committees in all areas of parliamentary work. I work with universities and other research institutions to create partnerships and enhance the evidence used by the parliament. This role includes developing international links and promoting the work of the parliamentary research service externally.

Vientiane Capital, Laos

I provide part-time advice to the INTER PARES democracy development programme, which aims to strengthen representative and inclusive democracy through support to parliaments in partner countries.This involves providing training and advice to parliaments on making laws and conducting oversight of government action to make sure commitments to gender equality and human rights are realised in practice.I have also developed a practical toolkit for embedding gender-sensitive scrutiny in parliamentary work (to be published in 2021).

Consultant on equality and human rights issues.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Editor, writer, organiser, social media manager extraordinaire

Cardiff

I provide expert advice and research to Assembly Members on issues relating to equality, human rights, social security, civil society and poverty. I work with elected Members and committees to research and analyse information so decisions are based on the best possible evidence. In 7 years, I have led on more than 25 committee inquiries and legislative, and led the digital development of the research service.I also have specific responsibility for embedding equality and human rights issues in the Assembly’s scrutiny of policy, legislation and budgets. I frequently write articles for the Research Service blog on topical issues. Some career highlights include:- leading the scrutiny of the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act. I also led the post-legislative scrutiny of the Act in December 2016, providing both clerking and research support to the Committee;- designing the first set of gender equality indicators for Wales, and- proactively undertaking a review of the Assembly’s performance against the IPU’s vision for gender-sensitive parliaments, and making a series of recommendations for improvement, which spanned procedural, operational and institutional issues.

I run a small, non-profit publishing house to showcase the unpublished work of artists and writers in Cardiff. Our debut collection of short stories and illustrations, The 42b, was launched in November 2015.wearecardiffpress.co.uk

I contribute articles on topical human rights issues.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Project managing the organisation of a small TEDx event in Canton

Fiji Parliament, Suva

I was seconded to the Fiji Parliament for four months in 2016 to establish a parliamentary research service and provide training on committee oversight and legislative scrutiny. I worked with various UN agencies, MPs, parliament staff and diplomats to negotiate the necessary political cover to create such a service in a challenging political environment.Achievements included:- establishing, training and managing a new team of parliamentary researchers;- writing a toolkit for MPs on scrutinizing legislation from a gender perspective and delivering a practical workshop on the toolkit to Committee Chairs and whips in July 2017;- designing and establishing a new ‘Bill summary’ publication series to help MPs scrutinise legislation;- providing workshops and training to MPs and parliament staff on the importance of expert and impartial parliamentary research, research techniques and how to enhance the scrutiny process with the use of evidence;- working as part of an international team in June/July 2017 that produced a series of briefings on the government’s 2017-18 Budget, including producing the country’s first Budget gender analysis.

Ukraine

In this role I provided a package of work for MPs of the Verkhnova Rada including an in-country workshop for MPs from Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia on how to embed a gender perspective in legislative scrutiny, a short guide outlining the main principles, a suite of recommendations and a blog post.

I was seconded to the Scottish Parliament to work with the Equal Opportunities and Welfare Reform committees in 2013.In particular, I designed the public consultation and wrote briefings for the scrutiny of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, provided briefing and questions for a panel of immigration experts for the Parliament’s Festival of Politics and undertook a summary of evidence for the House of Commons’Scottish Affairs Committee on welfare reform.

Cardiff

In this role I worked with the Director to undertake a strategic review of the whole organisation, establish and manage the volunteer programme and undertake research for various policy and campaigns work.

Master Of Laws - Llm, Human Rights Law, Specialising In Women'S Human Rights

International Human Rights Law

Creative Writing

Spanish - Intermediate

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English And Media, First Class