Tarah Demant Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Lead organization’s formation and implementation of agenda, policy, advocacy, and multi-year campaign strategies to support sexual and reproductive rights, women’s rights, LGBTI rights, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples.• Lead organization advocacy and campaigning on GSI issues, including crisis response on issues such as abortion rights in the USA. Develop cross-organizational plans and efforts that set and acheive specific human rights victories. • Create and execute government… Show more • Lead organization’s formation and implementation of agenda, policy, advocacy, and multi-year campaign strategies to support sexual and reproductive rights, women’s rights, LGBTI rights, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples.• Lead organization advocacy and campaigning on GSI issues, including crisis response on issues such as abortion rights in the USA. Develop cross-organizational plans and efforts that set and acheive specific human rights victories. • Create and execute government advocacy efforts to reform the U.S. government’s policies and practices in line with international human rights law at the UN, White House, State Department, USAID, and U.S. Congress.• Chair 184-organization coalition on ending gender-based violence in the US and globally. Design and lead collaborative campaigns and advocacy. Rebuilt coalition, doubled overall membership, and increased Hill relationships and impact. • Execute global, national, and state campaigns and human rights victories, which led to change of child marriage laws in Burkina Faso; inclusion of emergency contraception across the Indian Health Service in US.; change in domestic violence policies in Louisiana.• Set, manage, and oversee Program budget up to $300k and manage grants from up to multi-year $4 million grant. Assisted in raising individual donor gifts from $5,000 to $1 million and grants up to $75,000. • Create, lead, and execute government advocacy efforts to reform the US government’s policies and practices in line with international human rights law, including work on legislation, policies, and implementation at the UN, White House, State Department, USAID, and US Congress.• Recruit, hire, train, manage, and mentor staff and interns Show less

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Manage Programs Unit while simultaneously leading Gender, Sexuality, and Identity portfolio.• Work with team members to build specific Program strategies that advance human rights in areas of Criminal Justice; Security and Human Rights; Individuals at Risk; and Gender, Sexuality, and Identity.• As part of Management Team, help build and implement organizational strategic plan.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Manage both Programs Unit and Government Relations and Advocacy Unit and Amnesty organizational priorities while simultaneously leading Gender, Sexuality, and Identity portfolio.• Develop and implement short- and long-term strategies to influence the Administration and Congress on Amnesty’s human rights priorities; manage all of Amnesty’s advocacy with US government.• Build and maintain external relationships and increase Amnesty’s presence and impact, including with US Congress, US… Show more • Manage both Programs Unit and Government Relations and Advocacy Unit and Amnesty organizational priorities while simultaneously leading Gender, Sexuality, and Identity portfolio.• Develop and implement short- and long-term strategies to influence the Administration and Congress on Amnesty’s human rights priorities; manage all of Amnesty’s advocacy with US government.• Build and maintain external relationships and increase Amnesty’s presence and impact, including with US Congress, US State Dept, US Dept of Justice, US Dept of Health and Human Services, White House, and UN offices• Work with Executive Director and Executive team to structure and set vision for Government Relations and Advocacy Unit and Programs Unit; recruit, develop, retain, and lead team to meet advocacy goals. • Manage staff of 17, with 8 direct reports; guide teams through time of internal transition; lead unit through crisis response to maintain and rebuild Amnesty presence and influence in US government. Show less

Advise and guide the Board of Trustees and Director General on international policy and develop positions on issues of significance to the Federation; guide the design of IPPF’s Strategic Framework; guide IPPF-wide advocacy positions.

New York, Ny And Geneva, Switzerland

• Oversaw civil society reporting and advocacy opportunities and coordinated directly with the United Nations Committee Against Torture, US Government delegation, and special mandate holders.• Prepared with 70+ organizations UN shadow reports and led advocacy efforts before the UN Committee, coordinating local/grassroots and national and international organizations. • Directed UN testimony and coordinated hearings in Geneva. • Established clear advocacy goals with human rights… Show more • Oversaw civil society reporting and advocacy opportunities and coordinated directly with the United Nations Committee Against Torture, US Government delegation, and special mandate holders.• Prepared with 70+ organizations UN shadow reports and led advocacy efforts before the UN Committee, coordinating local/grassroots and national and international organizations. • Directed UN testimony and coordinated hearings in Geneva. • Established clear advocacy goals with human rights stakeholders and advocacy organizations, which resulted in UN Committee Against Torture citing given testimony in their official findings.• Trained over 150 people on UN procedures and advocacy strategies through in-person and online trainings. Show less

Oakland, Ca

• Designed and taught courses in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and English Departments.• Supervised teaching and research assistants, clearly outlined goals, provided clear markers and tools for success, evaluated progress, built staff capacity through trainings/workshops.• Built professional development MA program and mentored undergraduate/graduate students through teaching and research assistantships and academic, career, and human rights club advising.

• Led pro-bono team of 7 and developed internal and external advocacy strategies to achieve women’s human rights victories, including multi-media strategy to address total abortion ban and violence against women in Nicaragua through multi-lingual blog posts, training of activists for advocacy, and direct lobbying.• Built national strategy for global sexual and reproductive rights campaign: My Body, My Rights. Produced activist toolkit, designed media strategy, and led activist trainings

St. Louis, Mo

• Designed and implemented multiple women’s human rights issue and strategy trainings for regional and national coalitions.• Successfully developed and mobilized statewide coalitions and strategies for women’s human rights, e.g., passage of MO SB427, Sexual Assault Victims Rights Bill; mobilized statewide coalition, ending in 2001 adoption of law.• Built strategic state plan for domestic and international women’s human rights advocacy in conjunction with regional, national, and… Show more • Designed and implemented multiple women’s human rights issue and strategy trainings for regional and national coalitions.• Successfully developed and mobilized statewide coalitions and strategies for women’s human rights, e.g., passage of MO SB427, Sexual Assault Victims Rights Bill; mobilized statewide coalition, ending in 2001 adoption of law.• Built strategic state plan for domestic and international women’s human rights advocacy in conjunction with regional, national, and international advocacy plans. • Developed educational materials for curricula, member and coalition newsletters, and traditional and online media. • Conducted formal presentations and workshops on women’s human rights and campaign strategies including media work, lobbying, and strategic planning. Show less

Developed, wrote, and edited social-justice focused, feminist curriculum for schools serving low-income students. Ensured gender, anti-racist, anti-oppression lens in curriculum. Researched relevant pedagogy and learning trends and ensure curriculum alignment with Common Core standards, and edited materials for publication.

St. Louis, Mo

Designed and taught courses in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and English Dept. Trained new graduate instructors in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), English Language And Literature/Letters, Graduate Certificate In Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Spanish Language And Literature

BA also in English, graduated with Honors