Relations Executive

KEY SKILLS

Racha Zahira Ammati

*** ******* *** *., • Ottawa, Ontario •K1N6P2

Cell: 343-***-**** ********@*****.***

• Expert level in Spanish, English, Italian, French and Arabic.

• Research, qualitative research, policy analysis, project management, program evaluation.

• Gender mainstreaming, Gender Equality and Development, Women’s empowerment, Gender Equality Policies, Women’s rights, Research in feminist and gender studies.

• International Cooperation, International Relations, International Development. EDUCATION

Degree University / School Year

PhD in Political Sciences, Public Administration and International Relations

Complutense University of

Madrid, UCM, Spain / University

of Ottawa

2017 to

Present

Master’s Degree, International cooperation Complutense University of Madrid, UCM, Spain

2016 2017

Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies

Bachelor in International Relations

Autonomous University of

Madrid, Spain (UAM)

Complutense University of

Madrid, (UCM), Spain

2015 2016

2010 2014

AWARDS/HONORS

• PhD Researcher, Women’s involvement in Climate Change resilience: case study of Canadian Peruvian cooperation, University of Ottawa January 2019 Present

• Invited by the Women’s Resource Center of the University of Riverside California to give a Seminar on gender issues, University of Riverside, California, United States May 2018

• Scholarship award from the Institute of Women's Studies, Autonomous University of Madrid, UAM February 2016

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Monitoring and evaluation of international cooperation projects at the department of Economic development and Environment of FIIAPP, Madrid, (Spain) Jan Dec 2017

• Evaluation of the European Commission Twinning projects, Technical Assistance projects and EU funding grants in the field of Economic Development and Environment of The International and Ibero American Foundation For Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP) Researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Policies on Gender and Equal Rights between Women and Men at the Autonomous University of Madrid, (UAM), Madrid, (Spain) Mar May 2016

• Creation of a database with all the UNESCO Chairs in the world specialized in gender to make an easiest coordination between Spain and all the other UNESCO Chairs specialized in gender affairs Internship at the Office of the Secretary Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, (Italy) Jan - Apr 2015

• Preparation of the 38th Governing Council of the Delegation of the different member states of IFAD.

• Preparation and organization of the event Women's Day empower rural women to achieve food and nutrition security, the Eighth Biannual Permanent Representatives Meeting (9 April 2015) and the 114th session of the Executive Board (22 23 April 2015). Trainee at the Gender Affairs Division at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, (UN ECLAC), Santiago, (Chile) Sept Dec 2014

• Data analysis and collection updating the official website on Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Analysis of Equal pay laws and human trafficking laws in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Contribution in the preparation of the Fifty first meeting of the presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago 17 19 November 2014.

• Literature review on gender mainstreaming in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Data collection and recent indicators related to gender violence in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Trainee at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Santiago, (Chile) Mar- May 2014

• Organization of Moroccan cultural events in Santiago, such as the Africa day or Arabic events and inaugurations at the Mosque Mohamed VI in Coquimbo (North of Chile).

• Elaboration of daily reports on diplomatic relations between Chile and Morocco. VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Commission for the investigation against mistreatment, Madrid, (Spain) Jan June 2016

• Management of the International projects of the Commission;

• Contribution in the coordination and organization of relevant events as well as high - - level meetings related to gender violence, human trafficking and prostitution to promote awareness in the Spanish society and supporting in the implementation of a project related to the grants offered by the European Commission Rights, Equality and Citizenship Program.

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