My work is mainly focused on policy issues relating to cooperate social responsibility (CSR) and economic justice. I am responsible for developing SPEAK’s engagement with the UK Parliament and also represent SPEAK at a variety of forums (Eg: Amnesty International, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Stop Climate Chaos coalition).

During my time at MCI, I worked mainly on public policy issues relating to ‘Good Governance and the UN Millennium Development Goals’. The focus of my work was developing MCI’s web-based advocacy on good governance and anti-corruption, which included writing research papers and networking.

I worked as an independent consultant with the public affairs team during the UK election in 2010. The main areas of my work included special projects like Robinhood Tax campaign, organizing ministerial visits for MPs and lobbying on behalf of Salvation Army at Westminster.

CIJR is the advocacy and public policy branch of Youth With A Mission – England. YWAM England holds special consultative with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. CIJR serves as the bridge for facilitating grassroots development practitioners in YWAM to engage policy experts and decision-makers at the United Nations for purpose of advancing the human rights and justice for all. My role in CIJR involved the following: Engaging in advocacy on global justice issues (MDGs, HIV/AIDS, Anti-trafficking); lobbying bureaucrats at the United Nations on specific human rights issues; undertaking detailed policy research, engaging in strategic communication, networking with other NGOs (Eg: Tearfund, CARE, Stop the trafik) to form strategic advocacy coalitions; and leadership development of staff and management of CIJR’s international work. During my time as head of advocacy, I researched and successfully completed the submission of YWAM England’s United Nations Quadrennial Review in 2007. CIJR was also part of a advocacy campaign to end the practice of infanticide in Brazil, which resulted in legislation passed in the Brazilian Congress outlawing the practice. CIJR also hosted a major event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The primary aim of BIRI was to seek reconciliation between Britain and India for the historical sins of colonialism. This included several trips to India engaging with church leaders and other faith leaders. This work was primary about engaging in people-to-people dialogue and grass-roots reconciliation work.

University of the Nations (www.uofn.edu) is a global university part of YWAM International. It has campuses in over 100 locations worldwide. The UofN is based on a modular education system and offers over fifty short courses in multiple languages. I was involved in staffing and leading two 3 months schools: A) Foundations in Intercultural Studies School (FIS) - School Leader & Tutor Gave several lectures on globalization, reconciliation and inter-cultural communication. B) School of Biblical Christian Worldview in Netherlands & South Africa - Co-School Leader & Tutor I gave several lectures on worldview, Islam, and international relations. During my time as staff with the UofN, I worked as an academic trainer in four different countries (India, Netherlands, South Africa and UK) in three continents. I also traveled to over 20 countries teaching on various UofN courses on subjects like Christian worldview, Biblical perspectives on politics, Intercultural communication and God’s heart for Justice. My work also involved curriculum development for UofN courses and being an academic mentor to international students.

The Factory movement is a movement of young people from around the world committed to living according to the teaching of Jesus and working to bring transformation in our world through servant-leadership. As Gandhi said, "We have to be first become the change we want to see in our world."