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SUMMARY:CGHR Practitioner Series: Working in Human Rights\, Peacebuilding\
 , Humanitarian Aid and Development - Polly Rossdale - Reprieve\,  Project 
 Coordinator: Life After Guantánamo
DTSTART:20140129T170000Z
DTEND:20140129T183000Z
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CONTACT:Gabriela Martinez
DESCRIPTION:The Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR) has launched 
 a practitioner seminar series\, partnering with speakers from key organisa
 tions to delve into the gritty realities of what working in fields like hu
 man rights and international development really involves.\n\nPolly Rossdal
 e’s work at Reprieve focuses on rehabilitating and resettling ex-Guantá
 namo prisoners.\n\nPolly read Social Anthropology at St John's College\, C
 ambridge\, and holds a Certificate in Immigration Law from City University
  and a Diploma in Legal Reasoning and Analysis from Birkbeck College\, Lon
 don. She has a European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisatio
 n at the European Inter-University Centre\, Venice. \n\nPolly has research
 ed and volunteered in Central and South America and several West African c
 ountries and brings this experience - plus four European languages - to Re
 prieve. She has previously worked with organizations providing refugee car
 e and rehabilitation to survivors of gross human rights violations. She is
  a trustee of the Schwab and Westheimer Trusts\, which provide educational
  grants to young refugees and asylum seekers.\n\n*Please note that this is
  a change from the previously advertised speaker.\n\nAbout the Lent 2014 s
 eries:\n\nThe sphere of work known variously as the ‘Third Sector’\, 
 ‘Development and Humanitarian Aid’ or simply – doing good in tough p
 laces – is notoriously impenetrable\, and frustratingly difficult to nav
 igate for the uninitiated. For somebody hoping to pursue a career within t
 his field\, the range of agencies and institutions\, initiatives and centr
 es is at the very least bewildering. Most areas intersect\, and organisati
 ons work with an array of crosscutting issues and contexts. Yet what at fi
 rst glance can appear to be a morass of very similar organisations doing g
 enerally related things\, is in fact often sharply delineated\, with diffe
 rent sectors requiring surprisingly different competencies and operating u
 nder quite specific mandates. Working as an international human rights adv
 ocate would demand a different skill set and working environment from a pr
 oject officer of a first phase emergency response – and both would have 
 different routes to entry. Furthermore\, a Master’s degree isn’t alway
 s the best option. Cambridge University educates and trains many of the be
 st young minds in the country and provides a critical insight into the iss
 ues surrounding international politics\, security\, development and humani
 tarianism. But with little clarity around what is involved in working in t
 his sector\, attempting to translate this theoretical knowledge into a mea
 ningful start to a career can be a minefield.\n\nWith this in mind\, the C
 GHR series will allow students to listen and speak to a selection of high-
 level experts working in these fields\, and address key issues and questio
 ns. There will be four one-and-a-half hour seminars throughout Lent 2014\,
  designed to equip students with an in-depth and critical look at what eac
 h area involves\; the type of work carried out\, contingent challenges and
  essential competencies. The first hour will introduce the speaker\, chair
 ed by a discussant from CGHR \, and will open up to the audience in the se
 cond portion of the evening to provide the opportunity for students to eng
 age with the topics discussed. The event will be followed by a drinks rece
 ption.
LOCATION:ARC Cafe\, Ground Floor\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site
 \, 7 West Rd\, CB3 9DT
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