Andrea M Bertone
Director, Gender, Equity, and Social Inclusion, FHI 360
- Role
- Director, Gender, Equity, Safeguarding and Social Inclusion, Fhi 360 at FHI 360
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Andrea M Bertone
Over 20 years of international development practice and research experience in gender integration, human trafficking, gender-based violence, gender equality in education/girls’ education, and girls’ and women’s economic and political empowerment. Managed large, complex development projects, provided gender technical assistance, and conducted research about women and gender in sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, and Southeast Asia. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Designed and managed girls’ education projects in sub-Saharan Africa with thousands of girls and boys receiving life skills mentoring, scholarships for primary and secondary school, vocational training; teachers receiving professional training in gender-sensitive pedagogy; schools preventing and addressing school-related gender-based violence • Successfully led 8-year project on human trafficking knowledge management http://humantrafficking.org • Organized four Global Summits on gender and gender-based violence http://gender360summit.org • Created and implemented strategic vision for gender and social inclusion at a major international development organization, including gender and social inclusion project management and business development standards • Organized a series of conferences on youth, gender and employability in the MENA region and prepared reports highlighting the outcomes of the conferences • Adjunct professor for graduate classes at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University for 11 years • Experienced manager, coach, and mentor for staff all over the world • Ph.D. in Government and Politics, dissertation on human trafficking in Thailand
Experience
Director, Gender, Equity, Safeguarding and Social Inclusion, Fhi 360
Jan 2021 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Education
University of Maryland
Ph.D., Government and Politics
1998 — 2007
University of Delaware
MA, International Relations
1995 — 1996
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