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Anita Swarup
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Consultant, Communications, Research and Advocacy
, International non-profit
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London,
United Kingdom
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Development Communications professional with 8 years of experience in UN and international NGOs and previously 10 years of experience with the BBC as a producer in documentaries.
Work freelance based in UK. Have worked in East, West and Horn of Africa and Central and South Asia. Lived in Kenya for two years working for Unicef, Unesco and Internatinal Red Cross.
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Area of Expertise: |
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Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Professional Experience: |
My experience includes writing reports, briefs, case studies and press releases, developing communications strategies, qualitative research, knowledge management and project co-ordination for organizations such as Unicef, International Red Cross, Unesco, Oxfam, Save the Children, Commonwealth Foundation and Plan International. I have experience of working on health, water, child and maternal mortality, MDGs, disaster response and climate change, with particular experience of climate change adaptation issues.
Previous to my work in development, I was a producer at the BBC where I was responsible for the delivery of the film including the concept, writing the script, organization of the production, timely delivery and budget. Programmes include ‘Mount Kenya’, de-forestation in Kenya for BBC World.
I enjoy working in a team, have attention to detail but can see the big picture and work efficiently to deadlines.
Key Achievements:
Reports that I have written were high profile with attention in the media (BBC and Guardian) as well as in policy circles·
The reports were not just publications but used as advocacy and campaign tools for example in the Copenhagen Climate Change conference·
Some of the recommendations that I collected were used, for example in programme design and taken up by the World Bank.
Skills and Experience:
More than 10 years of achievements in media – BBC and Channel our – as researcher and then producer of news features and documentaries such as de-forestation in Mount Kenya for BBC World (National Geographic Award 2000) and almost 10 years of experience as a communication consultant in international development.
· Writing strengths (articles, policy briefs and reports). I have written several high profile reports on climate change for Oxfam that received wide attention in media (Guardian, BBC etc) and in policy circles. Writing scripts was also an important part of programme making when I worked at the BBC.
· Experience of working on high profile campaigns such as Oxfam and climate change where material I put together was put forward at Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. I also wrote a high profile report on gender and climate change (with an introduction by Hon. Mary Robinson) for Plan International. For the International Federation of the Red Cross I looked at climate change in East and Horn of Africa and this material was presented at the Bali conference.
· Experience designing, managing and delivering successful results with regard to communication and development undertaking large workshops (for example with the International Federation of the Red Cross). Workshops on news and media with Kenya, Rwanda and Sudan national Red Cross organisations.
· Project co-ordination skills - budgets, hiring staff and ensuring on-time delivery
· Good working knowledge of South Asia (India and Bangladesh), Central Asia; East, West and Horn of Africa; Caribbean.
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Education: |
Masters in International Development (courses included gender, conflict, development planning), Birkbeck College, University of London UK
Bachelors of Honours Degree from Sussex University in European Studies and French, Brighton, UK
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Amnesty International
Frontline Club
Key Achievements:
· Reports that I have written were high profile with attention in the media (BBC and Guardian) as well as in policy circles
· The reports were not just publications but used as advocacy and campaign tools for example in the Copenhagen Climate Change conference· Some of the recommendations that I collected were used, for example in programme design and taken up by the World Bank.
Some have received considerable attention in policy circles e.g. in DFID, World Bank etc and the Media (e.g. BBC and Guardian)
Publications include:
· ‘Weathering the Storm: Girls and Climate Change’ (Plan International 2011). Introduction by Hon. Ms Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
· Tajikistan: ‘Reaching Tipping Point’, Climate Change and Poverty in Tajikistan (Oxfam 2010) BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8519387.stm. and Guardian Newspaper: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/17/tajikistan-water-shortages-climate-change
· Haiti: ‘A Gathering Storm’, Poverty and Climate Change in a Fragile State’ (Oxfam 2009) http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/17/haiti-hurricane-season
· ‘Climate change and the MDGs’, (Practical Action 2008)
· ‘The Pastoralist Child’, (Unicef 2007)
· ‘Climate Guide’, Case studies Rwanda and Ethiopia, (International Federation of the Red Cross 2007)
· ‘Ethiopia: Time to Prepare for the Worst’, (International Federation of the Red Cross 2007)
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