Nicola Dahrendorf
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The Hon. Nicola Dahrendorf is a British government and United Nations
official, and an expert on sexual violence, human rights and security sector reform. She is currently the UN Special Advisor on sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has also served as Director of the Office for Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Director of the Conflict Security and Development Group
at King’s College, London, as the West Africa Regional Conflict Adviser to the British Government, and as the national security adviser to the UN administration in East Timor.
She has extensive field experience, in particular with the United Nations in Cambodia
, Rwanda
, Bosnia, East Timor
and Congo. She has studied social anthropology and law, and has extensive experience in the areas of governance, human rights and security sector reform.
She is the daughter of Lord Dahrendorf
.
United Nations
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official, and an expert on sexual violence, human rights and security sector reform. She is currently the UN Special Advisor on sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has also served as Director of the Office for Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Director of the Conflict Security and Development Group
at King’s College, London, as the West Africa Regional Conflict Adviser to the British Government, and as the national security adviser to the UN administration in East Timor.
She has extensive field experience, in particular with the United Nations in Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
, Bosnia, East Timor
East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...
and Congo. She has studied social anthropology and law, and has extensive experience in the areas of governance, human rights and security sector reform.
She is the daughter of Lord Dahrendorf
Ralf Dahrendorf
Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, KBE, FBA was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician....
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