DOCSLIB.ORG

Needs Assessment for Service Providers and Trafficking Victims

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Needs Assessment for Service Providers and Trafficking Victims The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Needs Assessment for Service Providers and Trafficking Victims Author(s): Heather J. Clawson Ph.D. ; Kevonne M. Small J.D. ; Ellen S. Go ; Bradley W. Myles Document No.: 202469 Date Received: October 2003 Award Number: OJP-99-C-010 This report has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. To provide better customer service, NCJRS has made this Federally- funded grant final report available electronically in addition to traditional paper copies. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. NEEDS ASSESSMENT for Service Providers and Trafficking Victims Report prepared by Caliber Associates, Inc. for the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice NEEDS ASSESSMENT for Service Providers and Trafficking Victims Prepared by: 10530 Rosehaven Street, Suite 400 Fairfax, Virginia 22030 (703) 385-3200 Prepared for: National Institute of Justice 810 7th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20531 Authors: Heather J. Clawson, Ph.D. Principal Investigator Kevonne M. Small, J.D. Research Associate Ellen S. Go Research Associate Bradley W. Myles Research Assistant This document was prepared by Caliber Associates Inc., Fairfax, VA, under contract number OJP-99-C-010 from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), U.S. Department of Justice. The findings and recommendations presented in this report are those of the authors and do not represent the official positions or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice or National Institute of Justice. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Needs Assessment for Service Providers and Trafficking Victims project was a project that began in October 2001 between the National Institute of Justice and Caliber Associates. This report represents the joint effort of many individuals whose contributions we gratefully acknowledge. We would like to thank from the National Institute of Justice, International Center, Marvene O’Rourke, Jay Albanese, and Jim Finckenauer for their vision and collective influence throughout the project. From Caliber Associates we would like to thank Dan Felker for oversight, Christine Leicht for providing analytic support, Ryan Mahon, and Nicki Bush who assisted with data collection, and Kris Oduro and Abolfazl Bahadori from Publication Design and Production. We are grateful to the many service providers who took time to share their experiences for inclusion in this report. This report would not have been possible without their contributions. I INTRODUCTION hile there is a significant amount of The following is a report of the findings from the information regarding the magnitude, National Needs Assessment of Service Providers and W causes and practices of trafficking, little Trafficking Victims. It begins with a review of current information exists on the needs of trafficking victims literature on the issue of trafficking, continues with a and the service providers working to meet those needs. description of the research design and methodology of In fact, no studies have been conducted on a national the needs assessment and presentation of the findings. scale to systematically assess the needs of victims and those service providers working with them. With the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, it is increasingly important to better understand the needs of trafficking victims and service providers. In response, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) commissioned assistance from Caliber Associates, Inc. (Caliber) under a task order contract to conduct a National Needs Assessment of Service Providers and Trafficking Victims that would provide the Office of Justice Programs and the field at large with information needed to develop more effective programs to service trafficking victims and ensure existing and new programs are both responsive and effective in meeting the needs of trafficking victims. Specifically, the needs assessment was designed to answer the following questions: n What services currently exist for trafficking victims? n How responsive are these services to victims? Are they meeting their needs? n What are barriers to providing services to trafficking victims? Barriers to accessing services? n What assistance/support do service providers need to effectively serve trafficking victims? I. INTRODUCTION NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 1 BACKGROUND & II UNDERSTANDING 1. HUMAN TRAFFICKING DEFINED Upon arrival in a new location, instead of finding the opportunities they were promised, trafficked The United States Congress defines trafficking in individuals suffer egregious human rights abuses, such persons as all acts involved in the transport, harboring, as being held in slavery-like conditions and forced into or sale of persons within national or across international prostitution, domestic service, or forced labor where borders through coercion, force, kidnapping, deception, they may be held in bondage, raped, beaten, and/or or fraud, for purposes of placing persons in situations starved.8 In these extreme living conditions, trafficking of forced labor or services, such as forced prostitution, victims suffer severe physical, psychological, and domestic servitude, debt bondage, or other slavery-like emotional health consequences as they are subjected to practices.1 Whether or not an activity falls under this a range of behaviors that may include physical violence, definition of trafficking depends on two factors: the type sexual assault, emotional abuse, mind-control, and of work victims are forced to do and the use of coercion, torture.9 force, kidnapping, deception, or fraud to secure that forced work. Trafficking in persons is the world’s fastest growing criminal enterprise, with profits that rival the The crime of trafficking in persons affects virtually illegal drugs and arms trades.10 The Vienna-based every country in the world.2 This trade in humans International Centre for Migration Policy Development occurs on a global scale, but due to its covert and estimates that overall profits from trafficking in underground nature, the international magnitude persons were as much as $7 billion in 1995.11 More of the problem is difficult to ascertain. A recent recent estimates suggest that overall profits from United States (U.S.) Government estimate suggests the crime have increased to the current range of $9 that approximately 800,000 to 900,000 persons are billion.12 The crime receives its name because the trafficked across international borders each year.3 perpetrators often move or ‘traffic’ victims from their Traffickers often prey on impoverished individuals who home communities to other areas - either domestically are frequently unemployed or underemployed and who within the country of origin or to foreign countries - to may lack access to social safety nets, such as women make money from their forced labor.13 Victims are and children from certain countries and cultures.4 often brought to areas where the demand is highest Trafficking victims are deceived and duped through and most consistent, such as large cities, vacation and false promises of economic opportunities that await tourist areas, or near military bases.14 Also, in many them in more affluent destination countries, such as the cases, the trafficker charges the unknowing victim an U.S. Hence, patterns and routes of trafficking often flow exorbitant smuggling fee or “employment” fee. These from less developed countries to neighboring countries fees range anywhere from hundreds to thousands of or industrialized nations with higher standards of dollars.15 When the victim cannot pay this fee up front, living.5 Victims are most commonly lured from third the trafficker locks the victim in a vicious cycle of debt world countries in Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa, and bondage or indentured servitude that prevents victims Latin America that display consistently high rates of from ever paying off the original fee.16 Traffickers poverty, violence, and corruption.6 Economic and capitalize on victims’ indebtedness and isolation and political instability, government corruption, illiteracy, combine the use of threats, intimidation, violence, civil unrest, low food production, high infant mortality and manipulation to control victims, break their will, rates, and internal armed conflict within a country confine them in captivity, and force them to engage in all represent various indicators or “push” factors that sex acts or to labor under slave-like conditions.17 Types increase the likelihood that a country will become a of trafficking include forced begging, bonded labor, source of trafficking victims.7 forced prostitution, servile marriage, false adoption, II. BACKGROUND & UNDERSTANDING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 2 domestic servitude, and work in sweatshops. In commercial exploitation is a growing national problem addition, trafficking may also feed into the industries that annually increases in scope and magnitude. of agricultural labor, food processing, pornography, sex tourism and entertainment, construction, organ While some trafficking victims do enter the United harvesting, and restaurant work. States through legal means, many trafficking victims are transported across America’s borders in a variety The networks of international organized crime are of ways,
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Girls, Women and the Global Goals,” at 2016 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
    Women Deliver Joins Coalition of Partners to Announce “Girls, Women and the Global Goals,” at 2016 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting New York, NY , September 20th– At the 12th and final Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, Women Deliver joined No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, Vital Voices Global Partnership, WEConnect International, and a coalition of over 30 core partners from the public, private, and multilateral sectors to announce a new series of commitments that aim to address significant gender gaps and advance the gender equality targets of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Over the next five years, the coalition’s collective CGI Commitments to Action will directly impact more than 900,000 individuals in over 60 countries worldwide to advance women’s economic participation, address violence against girls and women, and promote women’s leadership in both the public and private sectors. ““This coalition demonstrates that a broad range of partners from the private sector to the grassroots community to the UN offers us a powerful opportunity to accelerate opportunities for girls and women worldwide,” said Chelsea Clinton, who announced this group of commitments on-stage during a plenary session titled, Girl, Uninterrupted: Increasing Opportunity During Adolescence. “No Ceilings data show us that achieving gender equality does not only change the lives and opportunities for girls and women, it changes the world. When girls and women participate
    [Show full text]
  • Reporters May Contact: Fiona Hill, Bank of America, 1.980.387.8687 [email protected]
    Reporters May Contact: Fiona Hill, Bank of America, 1.980.387.8687 [email protected] Kathy O’Hearn, Vital Voices, 917.885.4489 [email protected] Vital Voices and Bank of America Host Mentoring Program to Empower Women Leaders From Across the Asia Pacific Region SYDNEY – On Monday, October 3, Vital Voices Global Partnership and Bank of America will launch a week-long mentorship initiative in Sydney to advance women leaders from business, social enterprise and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Asia Pacific region. This effort, which is part of the ongoing Global Ambassadors Program (#GlobalAmbassadors), a Vital Voices and Bank of America partnership, will include one- on-one mentoring sessions and strategic workshops focused on building organizational management, financial acumen and leadership skills. In the context of the one year anniversary of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change by 2030, the week will center on the theme “Empowering Women Leaders to Advance Sustainable Development,” underscoring the critical role that women can play in moving their nations forward. The Asia Pacific region as a whole, especially South Asia, has significant room for improvement on basic issues such as protecting women from violence or upholding their rights to property, as well as on indicators in key areas including nutrition, health, education, employment and political participation1. The program recognizes that women leaders in the region can help transform their countries and build thriving economies: closing the gender gap in the Asia Pacific labor market could increase GDP by 30 percent per capita2.
    [Show full text]
  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Education: Examining the Issues and Vital Voices for Women and Girls Through Comparative Educational Biography; Thalia M
    THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY REviEW A Journal of Regional Studies HRVR26_1.indd 1 10/9/09 1:17 PM Publisher Thomas S. Wermuth, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Marist College Editors Christopher Pryslopski, Program Director, Hudson River Valley Institute, Marist College Reed Sparling, writer, Scenic Hudson Editorial Board Art Director Myra Young Armstead, Professor of History, Richard Deon Bard College Business Manager Col. Lance Betros, Professor and deputy head, Andrew Villani Department of History, U.S. Military Academy at West Point The Hudson River Valley Review (ISSN 1546-3486) is published twice Susan Ingalls Lewis, Assistant Professor of History, a year by the Hudson River Valley State University of New York at New Paltz Institute at Marist College. Sarah Olson, Superintendent, Roosevelt- James M. Johnson, Executive Director Vanderbilt National Historic Sites Roger Panetta, Professor of History, Research Assistants Fordham University Lindsay Moreau H. Daniel Peck, Professor of English, Maxine Presto Vassar College Hudson River Valley Institute Robyn L. Rosen, Associate Professor of History, Advisory Board Marist College Todd Brinckerhoff, Chair David Schuyler, Professor of American Studies, Peter Bienstock, Vice Chair Franklin & Marshall College Dr. Frank Bumpus Thomas S. Wermuth, Vice President of Academic Frank J. Doherty Affairs, Marist College, Chair Patrick Garvey David Woolner, Associate Professor of History Marjorie Hart & Political Science, Marist College, Franklin Maureen Kangas & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Hyde Park Barnabas McHenry Alex Reese Robert Tompkins Denise Doring VanBuren Copyright ©2009 by the Hudson River Valley Institute Tel: 845-575-3052 Post: The Hudson River Valley Review Fax: 845-575-3176 c/o Hudson River Valley Institute E-mail: [email protected] Marist College, 3399 North Road, Web: www.hudsonrivervalley.org Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-1387 Subscription: The annual subscription rate is $20 a year (2 issues), $35 for two years (4 issues).
    [Show full text]
  • November 15, 2017 Dear Reader: at the Clinton Foundation, Our Goal Is Simple – Improve Lives Around the World and Here In
    November 15, 2017 Dear Reader: At the Clinton Foundation, our goal is simple – improve lives around the world and here in the United States. For over sixteen years, we have launched programs to make progress on some of the world’s most pressing challenges – for example, making HIV/AIDS treatment more affordable, combating climate change and promoting renewable energy, and fighting the opioid epidemic. In 2016, we continued our efforts to improve lives wherever we work. Some examples of the progress our programs made last year include: The Clinton Development Initiative grew its smallholder farmer outreach in Rwanda, Malawi, and Tanzania, helping more than 150,000 farmers through 2016 by providing critical training, as well as seeds and fertilizer, to increase their yields and incomes; The Clinton Climate Initiative continued assisting with the development of renewable energy projects across the Caribbean, including a 3 MW solar project and a 30 MW geothermal project in Saint Lucia that are expected to bring clean power to half of the country’s households; The Clinton Health Matters Initiative continued its efforts to fight the opioid epidemic in the U.S., negotiating a groundbreaking agreement with Adapt Pharma to provide the first nasal spray version of naloxone, a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses, to all U.S. high schools free of charge; As part of our efforts to promote early childhood development, Too Small to Fail launched a new effort to distribute books to underserved families through diaper banks, opened 21 “Talking
    [Show full text]
  • Global Economic Empowerment
    GLOBAL ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTIONS AT EACH STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT SHAPE SUPPORTERS This project was made possible through the support of CCC’s Economic Empowerment Issue Network The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, or its affiliates. Copyright © 2014 by the United States Chamber of Commerce Foundation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form—print, electronic, or otherwise—without the express written permission of the publisher. S INTRODUCTION T 3 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center Everyone Deserves a Chance to Build a Better Life ADVANCING BEYOND THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID EN T 6 Qualcomm, Inc. Mobile Broadband Provides Economic Opportunity to Women Micro-entrepreneurs throughout Southeast Asia 8 Pearson Catalyzing the Global Affordable Education Sector 10 Kate Spade & Company on purpose: Creating a New Manufacturing Partner 12 Root Capital Stabilizing Vulnerable Supply Chains by Mobilizing Private Sector Investments FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DIVERSE SUPPLY CHAINS 16 Amway A Corporate Social Responsibility Movement to Foster Entrepreneurship 18 Citi A Shared Journey of Personal and Professional Growth TABLE OF CON TABLE 19 Alcatel-Lucent Flexible, Responsive, Innovative, and Competitive 20 Capital One Financial Corporation Fueling the Growth of Small Businesses through Strategic Partnerships 22 HP HP LIFE e-Learning: Working to Improve Lives and the Economy 24 Mercy Corps MicroMentor: A Plug-and-Play Solution for Global Economic Empowerment 26 MGM Resorts International Supplier Diversity Provides Growth Opportunities for Women-Owned Businesses 28 WEConnect International Developing Inclusive Value Chains by Fostering Global Partnerships JOB AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING FOR NEW MARKETS 32 Gap Inc.
    [Show full text]
  • Education, Whether at Home Or in the Classroom, Has the Power to Promote Acceptance of Others’ Views and to Challenge Biases and Bigotry
    I AM MALALA: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS For more information about the resource guide, visit malala.gwu.edu or www.malala.org. A PREFACE FROM MALALA’S FATHER It is the elder generation’s duty to teach children the universal human values of truth, fairness, justice and equality. For this purpose, we have two institutions: families and schools. Education, whether at home or in the classroom, has the power to promote acceptance of others’ views and to challenge biases and bigotry. In patriarchal societies, women are expected to be obedient. A good girl should be quiet, humble and submissive. She is told not to question her elders, even if she feels that they are wrong or unjust. As a father, I did not silence Malala’s voice. I encouraged her to ask questions and to demand answers. As a teacher, I also imparted these values to the students at my school. I taught my female students to unlearn the lesson of obedience. I taught the boys to unlearn the lesson of so-called pseudo-honor. It is similarly the obligation of schools and universities to instill the principles of love, respect, dignity and universal humanism in their students. Girls and boys alike must learn to think critically, to stand up for what they believe is right and build an effective and healthy society. And these lessons are taught at schools through curriculum. Curricula teach young people how to be confident individuals and responsible citizens. I Am Malala is a story about a young girl’s campaign for human rights, especially a woman’s right to education.
    [Show full text]
  • FOIA 2006-0198-F (Segment 4) Are a Selective, Not Necessarily All Inclusive, Body of Documents Responsive to the FOIA
    Clinton Presidential Library 1200 President Clinton Avenue Little Rock, AR 72201 501-244-2857 Inventory for FOIA Request 2006-0198-F (Segment 4) Records related to Children’s Issues and Women’s Rights and the First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Extent 313 folders, 26019 pages. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials for the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (17 USC 101), which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Processed by Staff Archivist, 2012. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Scope and Content The materials in FOIA 2006-0198-F (Segment 4) are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents responsive to the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA 2006-0198-F (Segment 4) contains records regarding the conferences and events attended and hosted by the First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton. The key events in this collection consist of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Vital Voices, Beijing +5, and the Early Childhood Development Conference.
    [Show full text]
  • Speaker Directory
    Beyond the Commitment: Sustaining the Drive to Make a Difference 11:45AM - 1:00PM Chelsea Clinton, Moderator Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation Chelsea Clinton works to drive the vision and programmatic objectives of the Clinton Foundation. As vice chair, Chelsea works alongside the Foundation’s leadership and partners to help create greater opportunities for people to build better futures for themselves, their families, and their communities. Chelsea is a tireless advocate for expanding access to early childhood education, improving the health and well-being of Americans across the country, providing the next genera- tion of young leaders with the resources they need to turn their ideas into action, and ensuring the empowerment of girls and women is a cross-cutting priority across all of the Foundation’s programs and initiatives. Chelsea also serves on the board of the Clinton Foundation’s affiliated Clinton Health Access Initiative – which works to expand access to lifesaving HIV/AIDS medications and services in the developing world, as well as on the board of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation – a partnership between the Clinton Foundation and American Heart Association, which works to empower kids to develop lifelong healthy habits around food and physical activity. Chelsea currently teaches at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and previously worked at McKinsey & Company and Avenue Capital. In addition, Chelsea serves on the boards of the School of American Ballet, the Africa Center, IAC, Expedia, Clover Health, and the Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the co-chair of the Advisory Board of the Of Many Institute at NYU.
    [Show full text]
  • Bill Clinton Bibliography - 2002 Thru 2020*
    Bill Clinton Bibliography - 2002 thru 2020* Books African American Journalists Rugged Waters: Black Journalists Swim the Mainstream by Wayne Dawkins PN4882.5 .D38 2003 African American Women Cotton Field of Dreams: A Memoir by Janis Kearney F415.3.K43 K43 2004 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics by Donna Brazile E185.96 .B829 2018 African Americans--Biography Step by Step: A Memoir of Hope, Friendship, Perseverance, and Living the American Dream by Bertie Bowman E185.97 .B78 A3 2008 African Americans--Civil Rights Brown Versus Board of Education: Caste, Culture, and the Constitution KF4155 .B758 2003 A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution by David Nichols E836 .N53 2007 Winning While Losing: Civil Rights, the Conservative Movement, and the Presidency From Nixon to Obama edited by Kenneth Osgood and Derrick White E185.615 .W547 2013 African Americans--Politics and Government Bill Clinton and Black America by DeWayne Wickham E886.2 .W53 2002 Conversations: William Jefferson Clinton from Hope to Harlem by Janis Kearney E886.2 .K43 2006 African Americans--Social Conditions The Mark of Criminality: Rhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War-on-crime Era * This is a non-annotated continuation of Allan Metz’s, Bill Clinton: A Bibliography. 1 by Bryan McCann ML3531 .M3 2019 Air Force One (Presidential Aircraft) Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency by Von Hardesty TL723 .H37 2003 Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes by Kenneth Walsh TL723 .W35
    [Show full text]
  • Building on a Lifetime of Public Service, President Clinton
    November 9, 2018 Dear Reader: Building on a lifetime of public service, President Clinton established the Clinton Foundation on the simple belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. For nearly two decades, that premise has energized the work of the Foundation in overcoming complex challenges and improving the lives of people across the United States and around the world. As an operating foundation, we work directly, or with strategic partners from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors, to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service. Our programs are designed to make a real difference today while serving as proven models for tomorrow. The goal of every effort is to use available resources to get better results faster – at the lowest possible cost. Last year, we continued the life-changing work for which many of you know us. Below are examples of the impact our programs had in 2017 – I encourage you to read our 2017 Impact Report for more details. The Clinton Climate Initiative expanded a first-of-its-kind network, the Women in Renewable Energy (WIRE) Network, which mentors and empowers rising women leaders working in the energy sector on islands; The Clinton Development Initiative continued its work providing on-the-ground assistance to farmers in Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania, aiding in training on best agricultural practices, providing quality inputs like seeds, and connecting them to markets
    [Show full text]
  • LUCINA DI MECO Global Fellow, the Wilson Center | Fall 2019 #SHEPERSISTED
    #SHEPERSISTED WOMEN, POLITICS & POWER IN THE NEW MEDIA WORLD LUCINA DI MECO Global Fellow, The Wilson Center | Fall 2019 #SHEPERSISTED. WOMEN, POLITICS & POWER IN THE NEW MEDIA WORLD Lucina Di Meco Lucina Di Meco is a senior expert, advocate Magazine and New America, among others. and writer on women’s leadership and Lucina has a Magna Cum Laude in Political gender equality. She’s a Global Fellow at Science from the University of Turin (Italy), a The Wilson Center, where she researches Master in Development Economics from the women’s leadership in public service, as well University of East Anglia (UK), a Diploma as the Senior Director of Girls’ Education at in Gender Studies from the Facultad Room to Read, an international nonprofit Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales promoting gender equality through (FLACSO) in Mexico and is a Harvard education. Throughout her career, Lucina Women and Power Alumna. Lucina is also has worked in various capacities for a wide the co-founder of The Gender Breakfast, a range of international nonprofits (including network of gender equality experts based in Vital Voices, International IDEA, the the San Francisco Bay Area and serves on the Westminster Foundation for Democracy), Advisory Board of FundHer, an organization three UN agencies (UN Women, UNDP dedicated to electing progressive women to and UNIDO) and the OECD. She has State legislatures. written for The Hill, The Huffington Post, Ms -2 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .....................................................................................................4 INTRODUCTION & METHODOLOGY ..........................................................................5 I. A WOMAN POLITICIAN: GENDERED MEDIA FRAMES ON WOMEN & POWER ....................................8 Global Patters and Regional Specificities in the Media Coverage of Women in Politics .......................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Women Leading Change in Transitioning Societies Welcome and Introductory Remarks
    Women Leading Change in Transitioning Societies June 5, 2012 Speaker Biographies (listed in alphabetical order) Welcome and Introductory Remarks Linda Jamison Acting Executive Vice President U.S. Institute of Peace Linda Jamison has more than 20 years of professional experience building organizations, leading teams, providing research and analysis, developing programs and people, advising decision makers, and mentoring and training aspiring leaders. Her substantive expertise is in leadership and U.S. policy, international communication, U.S.-U.N. relations, executive-legislative relations and the politics of U.S. foreign policy. Jamison recently served in the White House as special assistant to President Obama, and led the team responsible for hiring and recruiting hundreds of political appointees for the national security agencies of the U.S. government. Her portfolio included the Departments of Defense, State, Veteran's Affairs, Homeland Security, and the Agency for International Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Peace Corps, as well as the directorate of National Intelligence and the CIA. She was also responsible for facilitating the appointment of political ambassadors and various nominees to U.S. government boards and commissions who serve at the pleasure of the president. Before joining the Obama administration, Jamison was the founding Dean of the Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. During the seven years that she led the Academy, Jamison was responsible for helping to train and coach several hundred participants in the art and practice of leadership. She also held the title of senior fellow in Multilateral Studies, having earlier published a primer on U.N.
    [Show full text]