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through training, material development, research and advocacy in order to promote and protect human rights. Overall strengths include the ability to work with diverse cultures in a highly dynamic, collaborative and demanding environment to achieve specific results, while managing multiple responsibilities simultaneously.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

 Masters in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (LLM), 2002, University of Lund, Sweden
 Bachelor of Laws Honours, (LL.B), 1993, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
 Cambridge Advanced Level, 1989, Roosevelt Girls High School, Zimbabwe.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

 Finance for the non Financial Manager, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2005
 International Computer Drivers Licence, Specis College, Zimbabwe 2003
 Conflict Resolution, Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia, USA, March 2000,
 Regional Workshop for Eastern and Southern Africa on the promotion of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2000,
 Organisational Development, Simacon Consultancies, Harare Zimbabwe,1998,
 Human Rights Training Workshop; November 1998 Namibia
 Human Rights, Netherlands, Belgium, France, 1997,
 Principles and Practices of Foreign Investments and Trade in Services, IDLI, Italy, November 1997.

Career to Date:

SOUTHSIDE TRAVELLERS ACTION GROUP, IRELAND: MANAGER 2004 - PRESENT
Overall Responsibility

• Management of STAG and ongoing development of all aspects of the organisation.

Specific Responsibilities

Traveller participation
• Resourcing Traveller participation in all actions and structures and the cultivation and support of Traveller Leadership.

Board
• Reporting monthly to Board on Project management
• Assisting in developing transparent governance structures and strategies
• Developing, monitoring and evaluating Strategic Plan in response to economic, social and cultural issues affecting Travellers
• Assist board secretarial work
• Ensure Traveller participation and leadership at all levels within organisation
• Implement training and support needs identified by the Board.
• AGM
• Board Induction Manual

Programme Management and Workplan
• Draw up Annual Implementation Plan and implement it.
• Liaise with and report to funders on programme implementation
• Ensure Traveller participation, equality, and Human Rights.
• Monitor programme workplan on a monthly basis with Unit Co-ordinators
• Explore emerging needs in programmes, writing funding applications.
• Recommend to the Management Committee/Board
• Prepare annual report
• Prepare narrative reports to funders (eg SPEAK).

Finance Management (2007 Organisational budget was euro 500,000)
• Oversee financial management and procedures
• Budget preparation, costing for applications, funding and reporting
• Oversee audit

Staff management
• Responsible for 20 staff + up to 4 volunteers and 10 CE workers. 7 staff report directly to me.
• Annual appraisals of all Unit Co-ordinators, finance and administration staff
• Regular formal support and supervision for above.
• Monthly Co-ordinator team meetings
• Annually – 4 full meetings of all staff, volunteers and trainers.
• Recruitment/preparing contracts and terms and conditions, pay scales, disciplinary procedures.
• Staff forms, eg annual leave, sick leave, training etc.
• Recruit and support up to 4 volunteers

Resources and structures / Administration
• Ensure that resources and structure are maintained to facilitation implementation of workplan.
• Approve purchases of identified resources based on workplan.
• Oversee use of building/space for effective work
• Oversee general office administration and procedures

Policy and Advocacy
• Promoting Traveller Rights at local, regional and country wide levels.
• Networking at local, regional and country wide levels for information exchange, discussion and contributing to policy development.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
I have achieved significant objectives by working in an empowering way with staff, board members, the target community and relevant stakeholders. The organisation grew in terms of staff numbers, funding, programmes and outputs. Some of the notable achievements include:
Promoting and protecting human rights:
Mainstreamed the human rights based approach in all programmes
Raised awareness and respect for human rights of travellers, particularly the right to housing
Facilitated legal remedies to human rights violations, 10 travellers won discrimination cases
Successful lobbying of councillors and members of parliament to promote and protect traveller human rights to housing
Successfully influenced the adoption of traveller accommodation policy that was responsive to traveller requirements and human rights
Raised awareness of Traveller human rights violations and managed to establish cross political party support for Travellers

Secured funding to:
Implement programmes to promote and protect Traveller human rights
Refurbish and extend resource centre creating office and training space,
Purchase of 15 seater minibus,
Train women in decision making, men’s training programme and to buy equipment such as power point projectors, 30 computers, 5 laptops etc

Organisational Development
Initiated and successfully completed computerised accounting system from basic manual accounts for the organisation
Established and put in place finance procedures and policies
Built corporate organisational profile and identity through adoption of logo, letter heads, annual reports and publications
Established staff terms and conditions handbook and put in place work procedures
Effectively represented the organisation at working level meetings including in meetings with government agencies, non-governmental organizations and the Travelling community
Provided guidance to staff
Used effective leadership and coaching skills to equip voiceless Travellers with the capacity to stand up on their own and claim respect and protection for their human rights
Nominated to seven board membership of strategic organisations

DEVELOPMENT STUDIES CENTRE, KIMAGE, DUBLIN IRELAND:
Part Time Lecturer, September 2003 to present
Responsibilities
Lecturer for the course on Human Rights and Development for Masters & Post graduate Students
Achievements
Ability to communicate a complex human rights course in a simple way that students from diverse backgrounds are able to understand. Students have gained very good understanding of human rights and development issues. Their understanding is reflected by the excellent standard of their grades and work in their end of course examinations

UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN LIBERIA (UNMIL)
Human Rights Officer, January –June 2008
Responsibilities
To monitor and report on the human rights situation, and organize trainings and sensitization campaigns on human rights for specific target groups, under the guidance of the Chief Human Rights Officer
Description of main responsibilities and duties:
• Monitoring and reporting: collect information pertaining to human rights, including relevant political and legal developments, from a variety of data sources; liaise with government, NGOs, civil society, UN Agencies and other partners to create baseline data on the human rights situation, with special attention to vulnerable groups and including gender-specific indicators; conduct substantive research and analysis of human rights issues/events and assess their impact on the human rights situation in one’s area of operations; draft a variety of reports and correspondence as appropriate
• Programming: assist in developing policy and operational approaches to mainstream human rights; ensure human rights issues, including gender aspects, are integrated into UNMIL’s field operations and into political, humanitarian and economic programmes in general; to this end, maintain close liaison with UNMIL’s Child Protection, Civil/Political Affairs, Gender and other relevant Sections
• Training: identify target groups in need of training in human rights, international humanitarian law and the rule of law, both within and outside UNMIL, including the national military, police, law enforcement officials, civil society, etc., to strengthen national capacity in the area of human rights; design induction courses and training programmes and develop training tools for these groups
• Other duties as required by the Human Rights Section, including a variety of administrative tasks

Achievements
I achieved the following outcomes from implementing my duties:
Monitoring and reporting:
I monitored courts, police stations, immigration, communities, schools and from NGOs and complied the following reports:Weekly reports, covering weekly activities, monthly report, covering monthly activities undertaken, County profile; providing information on the human rights situation in the County (first draft) and workshop reports
Training
•Facilitated a session on children’s Rights at a workshop organized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission at Bopulu Central High School for 71 children
•Facilitated a session on Sexual and Gender based violence for 16 Peer educators at a workshop organized by an NGO Peace building Resource Centre
•Facilitated human rights awareness sessions for 14 teachers at Gbarma High School
•Facilitated human rights awareness sessions for 15 teachers and Amadu school
•Organized a workshop on human rights and harmful traditional practices (HTP) for Madina Community and facilitated a session on human rights and HTP. 40 participants attended
•Facilitated a workshop on human rights for the community human rights radio in Gbarma for 15 participants
Other Activities
•Organized and launched the human rights poster competition for schools and disseminated the posters in the County
•organized radio talk shows on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with radio Bopulu
•Developed a schedule for human rights programmes with staff of community human rights radio
•Facilitated discussions with women's groups
•Assisted in running human rights clubs
•Developed close working relationships with NGOs particularly CCF and Peace building Resource Centre
•Attended meetings

RWANDA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Consultant – Human Rights Training funded by the British Embassy
Aril 2004
Trained 25 Members on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Human Rights Monitoring and Investigating Techniques.

HUMAN RIGHTS TRUST OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (SAHRIT), HARARE, ZIMBABWE:
REGIONAL PROGRAMME MANAGER: HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING, 1998 TO MARCH 2003
Responsibilities:
Proposal writing, grant sourcing and management,
Project development, implementation, management and evaluation,
Design and conduct human rights training programmes,
Develop training materials on human rights, democracy and good governance,
Plan, coordinate and organize national and regional conferences, orientations and training programmes
Design, administer and produce programme narrative, financial and evaluation reports to fulfill funding partner obligations. (DANIDA, EU, SIDA, NORAD, DUTCH EMBASSY, CIDA, US EMBASSY)
Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports,
Brief and advise the Executive Director on related regional programme developments and programming with related partners,
Participate at national, regional and international workshops,
Network with stakeholders in human rights, democracy and good governance,
Prepare relevant materials for publication,
Conduct research in various human rights themes
Interview and recruit staff, interns and volunteers,
Provide leadership and supervision of staff, volunteers and programme participants,
Manage public relations of the organization.
Achievements
•Conceptualised, designed, implemented and managed strategic, national and regional human rights and governance programmes in the SADC region. The aim was to increase awareness, strengthen knowledge, and build the capacity of civil society, media and government agencies.
I successfully implemented the following programmes:
Incorporation of Human Rights and Gender in the Zimbabwe Republic Police 1998- 2001, human rights was introduced in the police curriculum
Incorporation of human rights in the Southern Africa Police Cooperation Organisation, SARPCCO (Interpol sub regional grouping)
Democracy Linkage with Zimbabwean Parliamentarians 1999 – 2001,
Incorporating human rights at the Faculty of Education and its associate Teacher Training Colleges, 1998,
State Party reporting for the Zimbabwe Inter - ministerial Committee 1999 – 2000
Human Rights and the Media, 1998 – 1999.
•Published resource books and training manuals on human rights and policing
•Developed and managed advocacy programmes aimed at raising awareness, increasing demand and utilization of human rights enforcement mechanisms in the SADC region;
•Mainstreamed human rights principles and approaches into crosscutting issues such as policing, gender equality, HIV/AIDS, education, health, poverty reduction, policy, etc.
•Managed strategic partnerships and networks with relevant partners to influence coherent policy formulation and practices at the national, regional and international level in relation to human rights;
•Trained and facilitated the production of state party reports by SADC states for submission to Treaty Bodies as well as assisted civil society to develop and submit shadow reports
•Provided human rights training courses in the following areas: civil and political rights, child rights, social, economic and cultural rights, shadow reporting, human rights for policing, state party reporting, international human rights enforcement mechanisms and good governance for civil society, media and governments;
•Immensely contributed to the organisational building of SAHRIT which is now a very successful International Human Rights NGO

ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S OFFICE, HARARE, ZIMBABWE:
Legal Advisor: December 1994-April 1998
Duties: - writing legal opinions, advising on existing legislation, advising on desirable legislation; carrying out misconduct inquiries; negotiating, drafting and approving international treaties and agreements; and attending court appearances

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, LEGAL & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, PLUMTREE, ZIMBABWE:
Public Prosecutor
March 1994-November 1994
Duties: - initiate criminal proceedings, direct police investigations; carry out circuit court duties; set down matters and peruse dockets

PUBLICATIONS

Human Rights and Policing Monitoring Indicators for Southern Africa, 2004
Contributor to the Southern African Regional Election Monitoring Manual 1998,
Human Rights, Democracy & Good Governance, A Handbook for Parliamentarians, 2001,
Human Rights and Policing Resource book for the Zimbabwe Republic Police 2002,
Human Rights and Policing Trainers’ Manual for the Zimbabwe Republic Police, 2002,
Compilation on International and Regional Human Rights and policing Standards 2002,
Human Rights and the Media 2002,
Promoting Human Rights Education, 2002,
Human Rights and Policing Posters for the Zimbabwe Republic Police2001.
Contributor to Human Rights and Sustainable Human Development Resource Book and Manual
SARPCCO Code of Conduct and Human Rights Resource Book: towards Ethical Policing
SARPCCO Code of Conduct and Human Rights Trainers Guide:
Posters on the SARPCCO Code of Conduct and Human Rights

BOARD and COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Board Member DunLaoghaire Rathdown County Development Board 2007 - todate
Co Chair of the DunLaoghaire Rathdown County Social Inclusion Measures Committee 2007- todate
Dun Laoghaire Anti-Racism and Diversity Committee 2007- todate
Member of Inter-agency Committee on service delivery to Travellers 2006- todate
Board member of the Southside Partnership 2005 - todate
Committee member of the Local Drugs Task Force 2005 -2007
Committee member of the Local Traveller Consultative Committee 2004 to present
Amnesty International Irish Section, Advisory Member of the Global Campaign on Violence Against Women, 2003
Dun Laogharie Vocational Education Committee, Grundtvig ELLE Project, (Educators as Learners, Learners as Educators), 2003
Member of the SAHRIT editorial team, 2001-2003
Member of the SAHRIT management team 2000-2003
Founder and Board Member of the regional organisation, Women Partners for Peace in Africa (WOPPA), 2000 to 2003 (secretary of the Board)
Founder and Board Member of WOPPA Zimbabwe Chapter (Chairperson) 2001
Founder and Board Member of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, 1999-2000
Member of the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association, 1997 to date
Member of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, 1996 to date
Member of the Steering Committee for the Zimbabwe Election Support Network 1999

RESEARCH

 Protection of human rights in the European Union: Lessons for the Southern African Development Community, 2002
 Zimbabwe Democracy Fact sheet for Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, 1999
 Needs Assessment Studies on:
Incorporating Human Rights at the Faculty of Education and its Associate Teacher Training Colleges 1999
Incorporating Human Rights and Gender in the Zimbabwe Republic Police, 1998
State Party Reporting for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 1999
Democracy Linkage Programme with Parliamentarians 1999
Elections in Zimbabwe, 1999
Incorporating human rights in southern Africa police services, 2001

Conferences, Seminars & International Workshops

 International Visitor Programme organised by the US Department of State, United States of America, 14 February – 3 March 2000
 Women Partners for Peace, June, Kigali, Rwanda, 2000
 Consultations on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, February 2001
 UNESCO Fellowship on International Law, Warsaw, Poland, July -August 1996
 Regional Workshop on Civil Society Election Monitoring. South Africa 13 to 15 July 1998
 Regional workshop for Southern Africa on ‘Train the Trainers’ for Election Monitoring. 10 – 14 August 1998 South Africa
 Roundtable Meeting on Democracy and Elections, Tanzania 29 – 30 January 1999

ELECTION MONITORING
Member of the International Election Observer Team for the December 1999 with National Democracy Institute
International Election observation in Zambia

VOLUNTARY WORK

IRISH REFUGEE COUNCIL, DUBLIN, IRELAND:
Legal Intern June to September 2003
Responsibilities
Legal:
Provide legal advice to asylum seekers and refugees, answering legal requests from the public and Liaising with relevant organizations and Government Departments
EU:
Assist in monitoring events through available information e.g. European Council for Refugees and Exiles, the Council of Ministers, the European Commission and the European Parliament

WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT, DUBLIN, IRELAND:
June 2003 to 2004 Member of the Advisory Committee
Responsibilities:
Advice on the following project aims:
Production of information on key UN and European human rights instruments, in particular CEDAW.
Raising awareness of violations of women’s human rights in Ireland
Building capacity of women’s groups and organizations to become involved in policy work and to contribute to UN forums
Developing human rights education programmes
Citizen’s Advice Bureau Zimbabwe 1993
Legal Resources Foundation, Schools Legal Education Programme, January 1991- March 1991

HOBBIES

Interested in foreign travel, current affairs and experiencing different cultures, participating in sporting activities especially mini golf, aerobics, music, reading novels and watching documentary films.

REFEREES

PHILLIAT MATSHEZA
Policy Advisor. Anti-Corruption
Democratic Governance Group
Bureau for Development Policy
304 East 45th Street, Room FF-1012
New York, NY 10017
United States of America
Tel: (212) 906-5043
Fax:(212) 906-6471
Email: phil.matsheza@undp.org

PATRICK MARREN
Deputy Director
Kimmage Development Studies Centre
Kimmage Manor
Whitehall Road
Dublin 12
Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)1 406 4386
Fax: +353 (0)1 406
Email: patrick.marren@kimmagedsc.ie

MICHELO HANSUNGULE
Professor of Human Rights Law
Centre for Human Rights,
University of Pretoria,
SOUTH AFRICA
Tel. +27 (0) 12 420 4111
Mobile:
Fax. +27 (0) 3625168
Email: michelo_h@yahoo.com

NIAMH BHREATHNACH
Councillor
12 Anglesea Avenue
Blackrock
Co. Dublin
IRELAND
Tel: 0866078193

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