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Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Zuid-Soedan

Nederland

Nederland

• ZOA representative in the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA) providing humanitarian assistance and responding to international crises• Lead coordinator for the protracted crisis Syria Joint Response (four INGOs, seven local partner organizations) • Lead coordinator for the acute crisis Syria Earthquake Joint Response (Feb - Aug 2023)

Liberia

• Experience in Food Security & Livelihoods, WASH, peacebuilding, gender and (disability) inclusion, women empowerment, localization• Head of Programme Quality / MEAL department • Member of the Country Management team• Identifying funding opportunities and leading proposal development • Responsible for training and advisory role for staff and Liberian partner organizations• Country Integrity Coordinator – responsible for implementation integrity framework and FCM

Liberia

• Contribute to ensuring high quality, technically coherent project design• Quality assurance with reference to Core Humanitarian Standards• Providing expertise in MEAL within ZOA and external actors• Young expert agrofood through YEP programmes (2017 – 2019, funded by the Dutch MFA)

Liberia

The Young Expert Programmes (YEP) consist of YEP Water and YEP Agrofood. The main goal of both programmes is to offer young Dutch professionals the opportunity to gain experience abroad and to offer young local professionals the opportunity to gain experience with working in an international environment through Dutch organisations. The YEP Programmes are carried out jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform.

Amsterdam En Omgeving, Nederland

• Responsible for the organization of The Freshfields Law Course - Paris Edition• Representing Freshfields at external recruitment events

Addis Ababa

• Intern at the Migration Management Unit• Tracking project progress• Development of M&E tools• Responsible for report writing and timely submission of reports to donors• Conducting an assessment on the current status of irregular migration in Somali and Harari Regional States and Dire Dawa

Sudan

• Intern at the Field Coordination Section• Preparing and organizing the Humanitarian Country Team and Inter Sector Coordination Group meetings• Supporting the organization of the joint Humanitarian - Development - Peace Nexus - Coordination Review Mission

Den Haag En Omgeving, Nederland

• Working on the Women, Peace & Security agenda (UNSCR 1325)• Assisting with the Women, Peace & Security 2016-2019 grant applications• Integration of gender into foreign and security policy• Member of the Internship Coordination Committee

Addis Ababa

My research set out to explore the influence of gender as a social and cultural construct on the migration patterns of young Ethiopians and on the way in which they experience urban poverty. Interviews with officials and the analysis of secondary data have contributed to a comprehensive contextual embedding of this research and to the enhanced understanding of gender, rural-urban migration and urban poverty in the Ethiopian context. Twenty-four semi-structured interviews were conducted with… Show more My research set out to explore the influence of gender as a social and cultural construct on the migration patterns of young Ethiopians and on the way in which they experience urban poverty. Interviews with officials and the analysis of secondary data have contributed to a comprehensive contextual embedding of this research and to the enhanced understanding of gender, rural-urban migration and urban poverty in the Ethiopian context. Twenty-four semi-structured interviews were conducted with rural-urban migrants aged between 12 and 30 years old of which the aim was to shed light on their unique stories and their subjectivities related to the research topics. Findings of this research confirm the existence of persistent gender inequalities in Ethiopia pertaining several aspects of society. These inequalities differently affect the opportunities and well-being outcomes of the male and female rural-urban migrants, but not solely. Other structural constraints in their environment, such as persistent poverty, barriers to education resulting in low educational achievements and the lack of available employment opportunities, also influence the direction of their lives and their experience of poverty. Show less

Amsterdam

• Qualitative study on the causes of the low success rate of the integration exam for immigrants in Amsterdam• Focus group discussion with immigrants and primary data collection at examination institutions• Advised the municipality on how to improve the integration process

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Governance And Inclusive Development

Researching youth empowerment in Liberia and Syria.

Master Of Science (Msc), International Development Studies - Cum Laude, Cum Laude (Gpa: 4/4)

Title master thesis: Migrants' experiences and stories: a gender analysis of urban poverty among young rural-urban migrants in Addis Ababa

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Public Administration And Organization Science (217 Ects)

Activities and Societies: L.A.N.X. Minor Frontiers of Multicultural Societies Extracurricular courses: Development & Globalization.

Maastricht Graduate School Of Governance

Online courses at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) of Maastricht University which is integrated within United Nations.

Culture And Society With Economics