A/HRC/19/81 • Project Director, Sea-Change Partners, Singapore 2001-2002 For this Singapore-based capacity building organization, I designed the communications components of projects aimed at improving organizations conflictand crisis-management skills. I developed a multi-media project to document the experiences and perceptions of people impacted by and working in conflicts in Mindanao and Sri Lanka. This included identifying subjects, arranging production, fund-raising, project management, M & E. • Former journalist and editor 1984-2001 (CNBC Asia 1994-1999, NHK Japan, RPN9 Phils. 1989-1994, Star TV 1999-2001), Radio Australia, NBC Radio USA, Metro Radio HK, United Broadcasting Co. 1984-1989) • stories included impact of Asian Financial Crisis on children of Indonesia, sexual abuse at home of children of migrant workers, build-up to independence of Timor Leste, implementation on Beijing Declaration, MDGs and gender, women and water, gender impact of 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, impact of Indonesian austerity measures on women & children, child incest among families of migrant workers, among others • Volunteer Trainer, U.P. Law Center, Barangay Justice and Human Rights Project (1984-1987) • village-level info advocacy in Philippines on human rights, gender equality and empowerment, including writing info materials • Information Officer, U.N. Information Centre, Manila (1989-1993) Some other research & publications: • Philippine Judicial Academy – “The Commission on Human Rights and Civil Society”, Helpbook on Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (Target: March 2011) • Commission on Human Rights, Editing book for International Human Rights Day, “Speak up against Discrimination: Voices from Vulnerable Sectors” about various forms of discrimination & vulnerability (Dec 2010) • For UNICEF, background paper on South-South Cooperation for Child Protection (Sept 2010) • Commission on Human Rights Manual on legal education relating domestic law and agency policies to int'l HR standards (Dec ‟09) • Commission on Human Rights, Edited proceedings of National Summit on Intl. Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Aug „09) • For ADB, I wrote papers on effects of water and poverty on women & girls, with recommendations for countries such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (2003) • For UNICEF, policy analysis paper on the PRSP of Tanzania, its effect on water supply and welfare of children (2004) • For Oxfam, scoping paper on international initiatives on water and privatization (2004) Education and Fellowships • Fulbright Scholar, Masters in International Affairs (2003 - 2005) Columbia Univ. School of International and Public Affairs, NY, USA 9