January 2017
Katie Maeve Murphy
Katie Maeve Murphy is an Early Childhood Technical Advisor at the International Rescue Committee or IRC. Katie has worked in over 20 countries around the world and has recently focused on early childhood development systems in crisis settings. Katie first started working with the IRC in 2005 as the Education Manger for Darfurian refugees in Northeastern Chad. And after spending several years working at The Earth Institute at Columbia University and returning to her studies at UPenn, she just recently returned to the IRC in January of this year.
Angelica Ponguta, PhD, MPH
Dr. Angelica Ponguta’s work centers on the advancement of Early Childhood Development (ECD) in low and middle-income countries with a focus on policy research, program evaluation, and advocacy. She obtained her PhD in Cellular and Molecular Pathology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Masters in Public Health at the Yale University School of Public Health.
Chanel Marin
Chanel Marin earned a master’s degree at the Yale School of Public Health in 2016. She currently provides consultation services to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese in New York.
Why we need to talk about SRGBV and girls with disabilities, now!
In a society like ours, growing up as a girl is a challenge. Statistically, we are less likely to receive quality education than boys, less likely to get a good job or receive a fair pay for our work. Patriarchy, violence against women, gender inequality, oppression, objectification… everyone knows those words, right?
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