Mayada Elmaki Email & Phone Number

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Conduct a review of research evidence on Sudanese mutual aid and humanitarian leadership.Organise and conduct Key Informant interviews, transcribe and translate interviews into English.Manage and analyse survey data for network analysis, including translating qualitative responses.Ensure systematic management of research data and compliance with ethical standards.Provide a summary of key analytic insights from interviews and survey data.Assist with additional data collection, management, and participant communication.

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Conduct desk research and a literature review, including academic works and institutional reports, on women’s involvement in peace processes, the conflict in Sudan, and the specific needs and perspectives of Sudanese women.Conduct Key Informant Interviews with women from diverse backgrounds, applying intersectional analysis.Draft guidance for assisting interviewers on the ground.Assisting in developing position paper on women’s demands related to conflict resolution/peace negotiations during the 15th of April conflict in Sudan.

Doha, Qatar

JIFA, a project of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Town, has been contracted by the UNHCR to conduct research for the Rights Mapping and Analysis Platform (RiMAP)The Legal Analytical Framework is part of the Rights Mapping and Analysis Platform. It provides a set of questions, based on international legal standards and allows for a standardized mapping and analysis of a country’s domestic laws and policies.Tasks: Attend the training offered by the UNHCR in Jan/FebConduct research and analysis of domestic laws affecting asylum seekers and refugees in Sudan.Engage with UNHCR country offices for the collection of data.Present research to country operations for input and review.Upload reports into RiMAP.

Online

• Manage research projects developed by Migrant-Rights.org.• Revision and expansion of Know Your Rights leaflets for domestic workers and workers under labour law.• Revision and expansion of employer guides for domestic workers.• Development of reference database/living document to track legislation affecting migrant workers (labour and migration laws).• Recommend ideas for original analysis and research and assist the team in understanding the law and clarify any confusion about the law and executive regulations. Draft list of issues submitted to the CEDAW Committee on women migrant workers’ rights.

London

Research, draft and circulate reports, briefing papers, letters, press releases and other documents.• Worked on raising awareness through the Perceptions of Justice project with the Libyan civil society.• Conduct time-sensitive research to assist Programme Heads with briefings for meetings and events with international bodies and other key stakeholders, including state officials.• Assist Programme Heads with the development and implementation of programme activities, including liaising with local partner organisations and other stakeholders.• Worked on coordination between the LFJL and the civil society organisations in Libya.• Conduct interviews with civil society members and lawyers about transitional justice and human rights violations in Libya.• Written “Libya’s interim government must end civil society crackdown” Op-ed published by Aljazeera.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Handling casework for programme participants with multiple complex needs; supporting participants to address their barriers to finding employment including homelessness, benefits, language and literacy skills, childcare and health.- Keeping accurate customer files and records, paper based and electronic, and producing output evidence for the compilation of monitoring returns for our funders.

London, United Kingdom

Engaging with refugee groups to advertise the RISE programme and registering programme participants, particularly through refugee community organisations and charity groups, Jobcentre Plus and the local authority.• Raise awareness among the employers and refugee community about the refugees’ rights to employment.• Coordinating and engaging with different organisations and Jobcentres to build referral and signposting mechanisms that add value to services, building excellent working relationships with stakeholders.• Conducting eligibility and initial assessments and referring ineligible participants to alternative provision; adhering to eligibility criteria and the requirements of the contracts in terms of information and evidence provided for enrolment.

Immigration Department

Displaying excellent communication skills through engaging with clients with varying language abilities and responding to phone calls and emails to arrange meetings with Associates.• Translating documents from Arabic into English and vice versa.• Drafting letters, keeping clear records of the clients’ queries, opening new matters and filing old matters.• Assisting with Immigration forms, filling forms, research, requesting details about immigration status and handling payment and submission of forms online, demonstrating an excellent understanding of UK immigration law and policy.• Reviewing documents sent by clients and preparing bundles to be sent to the Home Office.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Displaying excellent communication skills through engaging with clients with varying language abilities and responding to phone calls and emails to arrange meetings with Associates.- Translating documents from Arabic into English and vice versa.- Drafting letters, keeping clear records of the clients’ queries, opening new matters and filing old matter- filling forms, research, sending litigation bundles to Courts.- Reviewing documents sent by clients and preparing bundles..

London, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Arranging and facilitating meetings every 3 months with the Council members to provide feedback on how the charity can provide better service to refugees.• Attending sessions with refugees to share information about employment and participating in exhibitions to raise awareness about the challenges that face refugees.• Administrative duties included writing reports of the points discussed and points agreed on to the charity and submitting these to key stakeholders.• Acting as ambassador in the refugee community and encouraging refugees to use the charity services.

London, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Supporting the Legal and Welfare Advisers in their casework through legal research and administrative support.• Inputting of client information into a legal and clinical database in accordance with data protection policies.• Updating DRC Country Information Report.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Offering one to one support to help homeless individuals access health services by accompanying people to appointments and providing practical and moral support.- Conduct in-reach sessions (sessions in hostels and other organisations) in the British Red Cross and in hostels.- Facilitating a bi-directional dialogue to assist the professional as well as the client to achieve the best possible outcome.- Assisting in improving services and enabling health professionals to effectively meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness.

London, England, United Kingdom

1. Press monitoring and electronic filing, assisting in monitoring the Arabic and English press on freedom of expression in UAE and Kuwait.• Translating and summarising press articles from Arabic into English.• Assisting with research and organizing events and prepare training rooms for the team.• Conducting administrative tasks, including updating logs and keeping clear records of the monitored press.

London, England, United Kingdom

1. Summarising Sudan Cases before the African Commission.• Completing the Sudan Brief and summarising the 4th-5th Periodic Report.• Translating Maryam Yahya Appeal (Apostasy Case) from Arabic into English.• Participated in writing executive summary of the findings of the African Commission on Sudan cases.

Sudan - Khartoum

Monitoring media in Gender project and Child Protection project.• Team leader of the Gender project, answering colleagues’ questions. Review and monitor the media coverage of gender. Record violations and report them to the manager.• Participating in briefings and trainings.• Facilitating focus group discussions with media monitors and journalists and supporting the group leader in writing/compiling the weekly press bulletin.

Sudan - Khartoum

Providing legal aid for poor, indigent, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and vulnerable groups.• Researching and preparing defence reports for various types of cases but focusing more on cases of human rights violations.• Preparing a manual on Election observation and training the lawyers on how to monitor elections.

Master Of Laws - Llm In Human Rights And Humanitarian Law, Law, Masters

Activities and Societies: Alumni member

Post Graduate Diploma In Human Rights, Human Rights, Post Graduate Diploma

Post Graduate Diploma In Legal Translation, Legal Translation, Post Graduate Diploma

Bachelor'S Degree, Law