aapta garg
Sr. Policy Advocate for Gender at CARE
gender specialist | project design | grant management | advocacy | social impact
CARE
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Sr. Policy Advocate for Gender
Promundo-US
https://www.linkedin.com/company/promundo-us
•	Oversee and supervise a remote team in Latin America to conduct quantitative and qualitative research and evaluate interventions to address gender-based violence and masculinities
•	Manage large and small multi-year grants from both private and government donors including grants for the Centers of Disease Control, the Swedish International Development Agency, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Red Nose Day Foundation, the Summit Foundation, and more
•	Global lead for the MenCare Campaign, an international campaign on engaging men as caregivers to redistribute unpaid care work and distribution of labor within the household
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Sr. Program Officer
Promundo-US
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•	Developed, implemented, and evaluated training workshops on the use of gender-transformative methodologies and approaches 
•	Wrote and publish peer-reviewed journal articles on evidenced-based programming related to engaging youth in gender equality
•	Lead technical assistance on projects in Latin America in the area of gender equality, violence prevention and promoting men’s participation in women’s economic empowerment and redistributing unpaid care work
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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Program Officer
Promundo-US
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•	Authored curricula to address violence prevention and women’s economic empowerment, sexual and reproductive health rights, and youth
•	Developed, managed, and lead a consortium to conduct a randomized control trial to evaluate programming to engage you men in sexual and reproductive health 
•	Developed, managed, and lead a consortium to conduct a randomized control trial to evaluate programming to engage you men in sexual and reproductive health 
•	Facilitated and lead trainings with local organizations in the area of gender equality, violence prevention and promoting men’s participation in women’s economic empowerment and redistributing unpaid care work
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
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Program Associate
Vital Voices Global Partnership
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•	Developed curriculum, recruit participants, facilitate trainings, and coordinate the strategic development global training programs for service providers for victims of violence and for members of the criminal justice sector
•	Managed key programs, create and update budget forecasts, and tracked program spending 
•	Developed and drafted successfully funded proposals that include content for development, budgets, monitoring and evaluation plan and communications strategy
Washington D.C.
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Program Coordinator, Human Rights
UNDP
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•	Conducted an impact evaluation of cash transfer program in Yemen with a focus on maternal health, childhood vulnerability and household productivity
•	Drafted descriptive analysis of Social Welfare Fund in Yemen for internal report
•	Developed indicators for Propensity Score Matching to test the effects of public benefits on poverty reduction in Yemen 
•	Constructed indicators and data to implement Multidimensional Overlapping Deprivations Analysis (MODA) for UNICEF
Brasilia, Brazil
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Research Intern- Social Programs and Cash Transfers
Solidarity Center
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•	Developed an online community forum on gender equality, women’s empowerment and economic opportunities
•	Developed themes and organized workshops for conference on gender equality and labor rights in Brazil
•	Researched trends in labor demographics and in the informal economy and accumulated sources for strategic research on labor and human rights
Washington, DC
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Trade Union Strengthening/Gender Equality and Labor Rights Intern
Women Thrive Worldwide
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•	Drafted advocacy materials on U.S. Foreign Assistance, gender based violence and economic opportunities
•	Researched and analyzed the level of gender integration within USAID’s Haiti projects and partners 
•	Updated statistics database regarding global prevalence of violence against women and girls around
•	Responsible for managing membership database and regularly updating website content
•	Organized International Women’s Day Breakfast to launch campaign on quality education for girls
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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Global Development Policy Intern
The Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
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•	Researched and documented U.S. economic and military assistance to Colombia and Afghanistan, including insurgency background, patterns and strength of case studies’ military 
•	Synthesized and summarized data to create tables to track information trends and variances 
•	Reviewed primary sources to examine attempts by the Colombian government to curb corruption and collusion
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Graduate Research Study Assistant
Center for International Policy
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Washington, D.C
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Transparency and Accountability Intern
MFY Legal Services
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•	Managed a caseload of 30-40 cases across three practice areas including housing and public benefits law
•	Developed and conducted 2-3 trainings per month for low-income tenants on housing rights and public benefits in both English and Spanish
•	Organized tenants and local elected officials to create coalitions that built the foundation for successful new legislation and protections 
•	Provided technical assistance on the creation of working groups and tenants associations
•	Represented tenants in administrative agency hearings to obtain and preserve benefits
New York, United States
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Community Liaison/Legal Assistant
Vassar College
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Research Assistant
Master of Arts (M.A.)
International Development
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American University School of International Service
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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Political Science
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Vassar College
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I participated in a six-person team representing American University in the inaugural DC Regional Public Health Case Competition.  We were given two weeks to design a comprehensive intervention plan for reducing violence against LGBT youth in the DC area.  

Our team proudly placed 2nd in the competition.
DC Regional Public Health Case Competition
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Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Besa Rizvanolli
Gender Specialist  at The World Bank
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathalie-hoffmann-276a2854
Washington, DC
Nathalie Hoffmann
Gender Business Specialist at IFC - World Bank Group
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Washington DC-Baltimore Area
May-Mei Lee
Operations and Office Specialist
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Washington, DC
Karla Dominguez
Gender Specialist at World Bank Group
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Danvers, MA
Krista Capraro
Project Coordinator at CM&B
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Washington, DC
Krista Bywater
Senior Advisor, Gender Equality at Save the Children US
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United States
Krista Berry Ortega
Accomplished Nonprofit & Philanthropy Expert. Savvy Relationship & Community Builder. Innovative Strategist. Master Facilitator & Adjunct Professor.
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Austin, TX
Amber Crable, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
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Portland, OR
Annika O'Dea
ORISE Post-doctoral Researcher at US Army Corps of Engineers
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Brooklyn, NY
Anabel Graff
Application Essay Consultant | Teacher | Writer
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Oakland, CA
dana fitchett
Freelance Writer & Editor; Artistic Director at Movement for Liberation
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Brooklyn, NY
Justine Ambrose
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Brooklyn, NY
Allie Ames
Colorist at PostWorks NY
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Washington, DC
Jennifer Son
Breast Surgical Oncologist at MedStar Health
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Madison, WI
Emily Fornof
Doctoral Fellow in Geography at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Geneva
Martha Marrazza
Refugee Officer at U.S. Mission in Geneva
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Arlington, VA
Sarah K. Yun
Senior Manager at National Endowment for Democracy
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Washington, DC
Missy Reif
Senior Program Manager at National Democratic Institute (NDI)