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SUMMARY:CGHR Expert Practitioner Series: Working in Human Rights\, Peacebu
 ilding\, Humanitarian Aid and Development - Gino Henry\, Independent Consu
 ltant in water\, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) 
DTSTART:20130220T170000Z
DTEND:20130220T183000Z
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CONTACT:Annette LaRocco
DESCRIPTION:_Talk will be followed by drinks reception in the Alison Richa
 rd Building._\n\nThe Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR) has laun
 ched a practitioner seminar series\, partnering with expert speakers from 
 key organisations to delve into the gritty realities of what working in fi
 eld like human rights and international development really involves. This 
 speaker will provide a unique viewpoint\, especially for students of the s
 ocial sciences\, by challening them to think about humanitarian assistance
  from an engineer's perspective\, as well as provide insights for putting 
 ideals into practice.\n\n*Gino Henry* Gino Henry is a Chartered Engineer w
 ith an MSc in Irrigation Engineering.  He is now an independent consultant
  based in Cambridge\, principally involved in water supply and sanitation.
   \n\nHe has worked in Albania\, Belize\, Colombia\, Ecuador\, Indonesia\,
  Kenya\, Kosovo\, Liberia\, Malawi\, Macedonia\, Mozambique\, Nigeria\, Pe
 ru\, St Helena Island (South Atlantic)\, Syria & Venezuela\, mostly on dis
 aster relief assignments for a range of NGOs.  \n\nGino is a member of Red
 R (Registered Engineers for Disaster relief).  He is also now involved in 
 the training of young engineers and contributes to the ‘Community Water 
 Supply and Sanitation’ MSc at Cranfield University and the ‘Master of 
 Disaster Management’ programme at the University of Copenhagen as well a
 s helping to run courses for EWB (Engineers without Borders) Cambridge and
  others.    \n\nTo help us with organisation\, please register your intere
 st by emailing: aal33@cam.ac.uk.\n\n*Doing Good in Tough Places* - CGHR Ex
 pert Practitioner Series\n\nThe sphere of work known variously as the ‘T
 hird Sector’\, ‘Development and Humanitarian Aid’ or simply – doin
 g good in tough places – is notoriously impenetrable\, and frustratingly
  difficult to navigate for the uninitiated. For somebody hoping to pursue 
 a career within this field\, the range of agencies and institutions\, init
 iatives and centres is at the very least bewildering. Most areas intersect
 \, and organisations work with an array of crosscutting issues and context
 s. Yet what at first glance can appear to be a morass of very similar orga
 nisations doing generally related things\, is in fact often sharply deline
 ated\, with different sectors requiring surprisingly different competencie
 s and operating under quite specific mandates. Working as an international
  human rights advocate would demand a different skill set and working envi
 ronment from a project officer of a first phase emergency response – and
  both would have relatively different routes to entry. And a Master’s de
 gree isn’t always the best option. Cambridge University educates and tra
 ins many of the best young minds in the country and provides a critical in
 sight into the issues surrounding international politics\, security\, deve
 lopment and humanitarianism. But with little clarity around what is involv
 ed in working in this sector\, attempting to translate this theoretical kn
 owledge into a meaningful start to a career can be a minefield. With this 
 in mind\, the CGHR series will allow students to listen and speak to a sel
 ection of high-level experts working in these fields\, and address key iss
 ues and questions. There will be four one-and-a-half hour seminars through
 out Lent 2013\, designed to equip students with an in-depth and critical l
 ook at what each area involves\; the type of work carried out\, contingent
  challenges and essential competencies. The first hour will introduce the 
 speaker\, chaired by a discussant from CGHR\, and will open up to the audi
 ence in the second hour to provide the opportunity for students to engage 
 with the topics discussed.
LOCATION:Room S2\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, C
 B3 9DT
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