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Innovative professional with both U.S.-based and international experience in sustainable development, capacity building, and community-based projects. Master of Legal Studies (MLS) with sound knowledge of international human rights related instruments and humanitarian protection principles. Experience providing technical assistance, guidance, and training on qualitative M&E principles. |
 Contact Robin Al-haddad
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Area of Expertise: |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
Robin is founder of the international development research and analytics firm DevRA International. Self-employed Contractor for NGOs and international humanitarian organizations in the fields of human rights, refugee and displaced populations, gender equality, food security, and education:
• 2019 National Geographic Explorer Awardee: Project Leader and Principal Investigator for National Geographic Society (NGS) funded project which aims to document Rohingya refugee children’s perspectives on their migration experience, (July 2019 – ongoing):
• Led a multi-country project including planning, scheduling, budgeting, methodology design and implementation of an arts-based intervention, while managing a project team of five including both Americans and Bangladeshi nationals and an operating budget of over USD $56,000.
• Oversaw field research in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh documenting Rohingya refugee migration through participatory mapping, drawing, and youth-led participatory videos.
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Education: |
Master of Legal Studies (MLS), International Human Rights Law, May 2018.
Master’s in Development Practice (MDP)
Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellow, May 2017.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
• Schools & Community Resource Specialist at US PEACE CORPS – SOUTH AFRICA. (July 2010 – Oct 2012)
• Facilitator and Organizer for the QualME (Qualitative Monitoring and Evaluation Peer Community) online session on Qualitative Data Recording, Data Management, and Analysis (January 2024). YouTube link: https://youtu.be/9JRvhWgDkmc?feature=shared
• Lightning Talk Speaker, during Google’s Geo for Good 2023: Lightning Talks: People and the Planet featuring projects that use Google’s geo-spatial tools for positive social and environmental impact (October 2023). YouTube link: https://youtu.be/Yy9cJ9IpzpU?feature=shared&t=1560
• Organizer and lead facilitator of a 2-day deep dive workshop on Qualitative Monitoring and Evaluation Tools for Humanitarian Activities funded by USAID during a MENA-E Emergency M&E workshop (August 2023, Istanbul, Türkiye)
• Co-presenter at the 2021 Joint Human Rights Conference, International Studies Association (ISA): “Human Rights and Foreign Policy.” Paper: Examining Rohingya Refugees’ Physical, Social, and Mediated Spaces in Bangladesh: Bridging the Gap Between Foreign Policy and Social Policy (June 2021).
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Available for: |
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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