I am a second-year doctoral student in Political Science at Carleton University working under the supervision of Dr. James Milner and specializing in International Relations and Gender and Diversity. Using a critical feminist approach, my research focuses on the local implementation of global norms relating to the protection of refugee women and girls. I am interested in exploring the factors that influence the way that individuals (refugee women) participate in the implementation of global norms. I hope to demonstrate that refugee women must be included in the process of defining successful implementation for a norm such as gender mainstreaming to positively change the lived experiences of refugee women. My other areas of research interest include feminist theory and policy making.<\/p>\n
I was most interested in becoming involved as a student researcher with LERRN because I am passionate about improving circumstances for refugees, and ensuring that refugee participation is encouraged, and supported in all stages of research and policy making. Because LERRN places such a strong emphasis on collaboration with partners in the Global South, meeting their research needs, and the inclusion of refugee voices, I felt that working with LERRN was a great opportunity to use my theoretical training in a practical way.<\/p>\n
As part of my research with LERRN I have published a working paper alongside Dr. Milner \u201cFrom theory of change to SMART pledges: Lessons for pledges at the Global Refugee Forum and beyond<\/a>\u201d. This paper was written ahead of the Global Refugee Forum in 2019 to provide guidance on making funding pledges that will have meaningful positive impact. I also published a blog for International Women\u2019s Day 2020 \u201cAn Equal World is an Enabled World: Reflections on Gender Equality in Refugee Contexts<\/a>\u201d which emphasized the importance of including the voices of refugee women in the fight for equality and empowerment. Most currently, I am working on a project relating to the role of civil society in the global refugee regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"people-type":[60],"yoast_head":"\n