Dr. Valerie Percival
Dr. Valerie Percival is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University. She served on The Lancet Commission on Peaceful Societies through Health and Gender Equality, was a fellow with the Wilson Center, and has worked for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, and UNCHR. She led the International Crisis Group’s Kosovo office from 2001 until 2003, where her reports focused on the final status process, the transitional administration, the judicial sector, and ethnic relations. Her research focuses on the political impact of violence against civilians, the gender dimensions of health systems, rebuilding health systems after war, and the global backlash against gender equality.