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Debra Lynn Willoughby
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Consultant
, Rule of Law, Human Rights, Gender, Training and Development
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Nottingham,
United Kingdom
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With more than two decades of exemplary service in the UK police, followed by over twenty years working in post-conflict environments – academically underpinned by a Doctorate in cross-cultural adult education and a Masters degree focusing on gender bias and discrimination – Debra has become an internationally recognized expert in the rule of law development arena. |
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Area of Expertise: |
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Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
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Professional Experience: |
Debra has exceptionally strong management and influencing skills, as evidenced by the progress made and the relationships built during her many challenging leadership roles, including her high-profile development experience in places such as Rwanda, Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, the Balkans and India.
Debra has wide experience of policing reforms in Africa and other fragile environments, in countries that include Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria, Rwanda, Kosovo and Macedonia.
In Sudan she led a team focusing on community policing, child rights, leadership, criminal investigation, forensics and joined-up justice for DFID’s Safety and Access to Justice Programme.
In Nigeria, she helped to build closer ties between the police and public under DFID’s Security, Justice and Growth programme. Working closely with all stakeholders, she introduced a new model of community safety partnerships and built awareness of community policing principles in the newly-formed Ministry for Police Affairs. In Kosovo, Debra played a key role in the design and roll-out of a pioneering Community Safety Strategy, helping to rebuild relationships between the police and public following the conflict of the 1990s. In Macedonia, she worked as strategic adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a particular focus on rolling out the lessons from multi-ethnic policing and police/community consultation.
Before this, Debra spent 5 years embedded in the Rwandan National Police (RNP), as the organisation’s Human Rights Director and subsequently led an ambitious human rights research and training programme for Rwandan police officers, now considered to be one of the most comprehensive exercises of its kind ever undertaken across the entire African continent, which explored the attitudes of more than 7,000 citizens towards the RNP.
Throughout her career Debra has promoted gender equality that enables women to freely, wholly and safely participate in political, economic, vocational and social situations. Debra’s work in the gender equality arena has involved her in many activities, in the UK and internationally, including: researching relevant gender topics; coordinating national and international experts; consulting stakeholders with a focus on those often referred to (inappropriately) as ‘hard-to-reach’; carrying out cultural audits including the identification of gender-sensitive indicators and entry points for women; writing papers and training materials; designing work plans and logical frameworks; completing training needs analyses then designing and running training events to build the capacity of institutions, NGOs and other stakeholders; managing development interventions such as the creation of all-female community committees and all-female citizen’s police academies in the Sudan; monitoring/revising plans; quality assuring and evaluating events and interventions; evaluating change processes; and completing impact assessments.
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Education: |
University of Nottingham 1999: PhD (Adult Education)
University of Hull 1994: Master of Education (Training and Evaluation)
Also CPD:
2006 Trainers Certificate in Diversity and Equal Opportunities - Level 4
2005 Diploma in Human Rights
2000- 2006: Open College Network qualifications as follows:
Level 3 Foster Care/Looked After Children
Advanced Management Certificate
Level 3 certificate in Equal Opportunities and Diversity
Level 3 certificate in Customer Care
Level 3 certificate in Management of Conflict
Level 3 certificate in Health & Safety
Equalities Associates (Home Office Institute)
Community/Race Relations Trainers’ certificate (included placements with families or groups with different experiences to your own, including but not limited to those associated with ethnic or religious backgrounds, sexual orientation, disability and gender dysphoria. Following successful completion Debra went on to train this programme to diverse participants from public, private and voluntary sectors)
Chichester College, England: O Level in The General Principles of English Law
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
ALL RESEARCH IN FULL CONSULTATION WITH PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS
2013: Researched and wrote a Political Economy Analysis of Sudan
2012: Designed an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Endorsed Human Rights Training of Trainers Programme
2010 – 2011: Designed and arranged the accreditation of an ILM-Endorsed Leadership Development Programme
2008: Designed a Management Development Toolkit for the Training Development Units of the newly formed South Sudan Police Service
2007: Designed a Community Policing Handbook and Training Manual for Nigeria
2006: Researched and wrote a Political Economy Analysis of South Serbia
1994 – 2006: Wrote human rights and diversity programmes that were accredited by awarding bodies including: UK Colleges, EdExcel, the Institute of Leadership and Management, City and Guilds and the Open College Network
2000 – 2002: Part of the European Anti Discrimination Directives consultation team from for the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office, London, including the preparation of training materials on the European Anti Discrimination Directives for the public sector
1998 – 2010: Entered into ‘Who’s Who in the World’ for work in the fields of Human Resource Development, Social Policy Development, Equal Opportunities and Human Rights. This award and inclusion is limited ‘to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their own fields of endeavour and who have, thereby, contributed significantly to the betterment of contemporary society.’
1990 – 1994 Home Office, London, UK: Many training publications for police training including, but not limited to: Equal Opportunities Training Manuals, including issues related to gender, race, ethnic or social origins, age, colour, nationality, religion and disability
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Years of Experience:
More than 20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Doctorate |
Languages:
English |
Nationality:
United Kingdom
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