Experience

Edith Cowan University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Consultant (Part time)

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  In partnership with Plan International Australia, working on 'Pacific Girls in a Changing Climate' project in Fiji and Kiribati. This project develops the capacity of young girls to do Feminist Participatory Action Research and advocate for feminist climate justice. The role involves providing training, developing educational modules and resources on climate change and human rights. The research will aim to unpack climate change policies and frameworks in Fiji and Kiribati to identify compliance with social, gender and environment safeguards. The young girls will shape advocacy on accountability and redress for the impacts of climate change in their communities. A report will be shared with key findings and recommendations from this project.



The Sunrise Project

• Australia
• Public Policy
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Climate Justice Analyst

  • Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

  Scoping project designing campaign strategy and movement mapping to inform Sunrise's Australian Energy Transformation Program’s long-term climate justice campaign priorities. Connect and synthesise the wisdom of those within and beyond the climate movement who are strongly focused on putting the ‘justice’ in climate justice, and to make recommendations on which medium-term climate and energy justice campaigns in Australia have the strongest prospects of building the power for more transformative systems change.



Oxfam Australia

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consultant (Part time)

  • Jul 2021 - Jul 2022

  Oxfam is launching a capacity development program to provide Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) training to its Inclusion Project Phase 2 (IP2) partners working with communities living in the Mekong and Salween River Basins. IP2 aims to influence policies and practices at the national and trans-boundary level regarding water resource governance and sustainable energy. The consultant team is providing Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) training and technical assistance on developing just, equitable and inclusive water and energy governance for local and grass root groups and organisations.



Women's Environment & Development Organization

• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-focal support - Women & Gender Constituency (Part time)

  • Jun 2021 - Dec 2021

  Supporting program planning with Women & Gender Constituency (WGC) on increasing capacities of gender advocates at SB2021 & COP26; coordinate news and information related to COP26; support capacity building of WGC network and related advocacy goals in lead up to SB2021 & COP26; knowledge and information sharing among WGC advocates, co-focal points, UNFCCC Secretariat; support of WGC activities and demands during COP26 (capacity building and communication); capacity building for WGC joint submissions and demands prior COP26; support of position paper / press release on COP26 and coordination among WGC advocates; empowerment and support of grassroots women as gender advocates and enabling their participation, build out regional WGC network; support WGC mapping and support new governance structure.



Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development

• Thailand
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Climate Justice Programme Officer

  • May 2019 - Dec 2020

  Coordinate, design and lead capacity building activities such as Feminist Participatory Action Research to mobilise grassroots women and their communities across Asia Pacific to promote women’s human rights and demand climate justice at local, national, regional and international levels. Actively organise events and represent APWLD in regional and international fora such as the Asia Pacific Climate Week (Bangkok) and COP25 (Madrid) on human rights, gender and climate change. Fluent ability to engage with relevant partners, allies and stakeholders to define, develop, and leverage human rights norms in climate policies within the United Nations, human rights institutions and civil society networks such as ESCR-NET, Human Rights & Climate Change Working Group, Demand Climate Justice, Women & Gender Constituency. Prepare reports, policy and legal analyses, briefing notes, publications, communications and campaign materials on human rights, land rights, climate crisis, environment and development justice of grassroots women in Asia and the Pacific. Assist in the implementation of programme strategies to inform, engage, and mobilize target constituencies in support of campaign goals; and coordinate cross-cutting partnerships and build coalitions to develop and advance feminist climate justice objectives in the Global South. High level project management such as programme planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation and sub-grant management for partners and members in 27 countries.



Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN)

• Consultant

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2019

  Prepare a national report comprehensively analysing legal gender recognition for transgender community in Fiji. The project includes advanced analysis of the legal framework, laws, policies and court decisions in Fiji affecting transgender human rights. Prepare a national report comprehensively analysing legal gender recognition for transgender community in Fiji. The project includes advanced analysis of the legal framework, laws, policies and court decisions in Fiji affecting transgender human rights.



Pacific Community-SPC

• New Caledonia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Consultant

  • Mar 2019 - May 2019

  Trainer for Fiji CSO UPR Report Writing Workshop and to provide support for CSOs drafting UPR submissions for Fiji's upcoming review. Rapporteur for RRRT's National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting and Follow up (NMIRF) Regional Dialogue and developed the final report. Trainer for Fiji CSO UPR Report Writing Workshop and to provide support for CSOs drafting UPR submissions for Fiji's upcoming review. Rapporteur for RRRT's National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting and Follow up (NMIRF) Regional Dialogue and developed the final report.



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• National Human Rights Officer

  • Apr 2017 - Aug 2018

  Design and implement capacity building training programmes in human rights for government, civil society, law enforcement agencies, UN and regional partners. Successfully rolled out pilot human rights training for over 230 police recruits from Fiji, Nauru and Tuvalu. Complete Divisional Police Command training for over 250 senior police and corrections officers in Fiji and Vanuatu. Successfully map and develop a regional civil society network to provide technical support and facilitate greater advocacy and reporting on human rights issues in the Pacific. Fluent in providing technical support to governments, media, private sector, intergovernmental organisations, national human rights institutions and civil society in relation to UN human rights mechanisms such as treaty bodies, Special Procedures and the Universal Periodic Review. Complete a number of trainings on human rights for these stakeholders. Monitor and provide technical legal advice and draft submissions on legislations affecting human rights in Fiji, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, Tuvalu and Australia. Focal point for the UN Gender Working Group and UN Working Group on Youth. Complete UNCT CEDAW Report for Fiji 2017. Interview individual complainants and provide legal advice on redress for human rights violations.



Fiji Women's Rights Movement

• Fiji
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2017

  Extensive research on issues relating to discrimination, sexual and gender based violence, access to justice and legislative frameworks, policies and institutions guaranteeing womens' rights and gender equality in Fiji to contribute to the drafting of the CSO CEDAW Shadow Report for Fiji 2017 Extensive research on issues relating to discrimination, sexual and gender based violence, access to justice and legislative frameworks, policies and institutions guaranteeing womens' rights and gender equality in Fiji to contribute to the drafting of the CSO CEDAW Shadow Report for Fiji 2017



Naiman Clarke

• Australia
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Talent Management Consultant

  • Jan 2014 - Mar 2016

  Working closely with clients to source talented Lawyers at all levels. Drafting advertisements, screening candidates and running interviews. Providing ongoing support to both clients and candidates through all stages of recruitment. Negotiating offers. Keeping updated with the Australian and international legal markets to analyse trends. Fluently working across different social/media platforms to network and create business growth. Deliver presentations to clients on recruitment.



Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Foreign Qualified Lawyer/Paralegal (Temp/Contract roles)

  • Feb 2011 - Dec 2012

  Career break - 2 years working holiday visa. Travelled Europe, Northern Africa & Middle East. Worked in the UK legal industry for various high profile international law firms and in-house legal teams of major corporate bodies developing the following legal technical capabilities in a relevant and persuasive jurisdiction: Preparing litigation bundles Document review for discovery and other interlocutory proceedings Complex legal research Advocacy and obtaining witness statements in relation to large litigation matters Drafting, amending and settling a variety of legal correspondence and documents File management, billing and processing invoices



Bowrings, Macaulay & Barrett

• Solicitor

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  Reported to the Principal and responsible for the effective case management of 40 files in all areas of commercial, property, wills/estate law, immigration, insurance, and family law as well as defended criminal hearings. Reported to the Principal and responsible for the effective case management of 40 files in all areas of commercial, property, wills/estate law, immigration, insurance, and family law as well as defended criminal hearings.



The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

• Solicitor

  • Jul 2007 - Apr 2010

  Full carriage of over 80 files effectively managing a diverse criminal practice in accordance with ODPP policy and guidelines. Key Achievements 1. Key lawyer involved in reviewing over 90 witness statements, effectively interviewing over 40 witnesses and preparing court documents for trial, which resulted in a high profile, special interest case 2. Heavily involved in a high profile case which set a precedent for ‘Tendency & Coincidence’ evidence in 'R v Ford [2009] NSWCCA 306' 3. Multiple individual appearances to represent the Crown before District and Local courts for various court hearings 4. Built and maintained positive productive working relationships with witnesses, police, defence counsel, solicitors, court officers and judges’ associates 5. Instructed crown prosecutors in over 60 indictable criminal trials 6. Comprehensively managed a caseload of approximately 40 cases per month, including over 10 trials



Pacific Centre for Public Integrity

• Legal Officer

  • Aug 2006 - Feb 2007

  A collaborative regional advocacy and policy development organisation which promotes and fosters good governance practices in Nauru and Fiji to implement projects on Freedom of Information, Leadership Code of Conduct and other social issues. Reported to the Executive Director and responsible for preparing legal briefings on a range of legislative matters before Parliament while working with key regional NGO bodies to run workshops and training seminars on PCPI projects in Nauru and Fiji. Key Achievements 1. Seconded to Nauru to draft the founding Constitution for Nauru’s umbrella not-for profit organisation which involved consulting with senior official stakeholders from regional bodies; acting as a liaison between the Nauru government and the public during the Constitutional Referendum; and hosting workshops to train on human rights issues to both Parliamentarians and the public 2. Co-authored article published in the internationally distributed, 'Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Global Newsletter', 2006



Fiji Law Reform Commission, Attorney General's Chamber

• Legal Officer

  • Jan 2006 - Aug 2006

  Tasked with the review and examination of Fiji’s laws for the purpose of their reform and development. Reported to the Law Reform Commissioner and responsible for reviewing and reforming the Charitable Trusts Act and the Mental Treatment Act which involved drafting papers, organising public hearings, supervising and training staff and consulting with stakeholders to ensure private and public sector input towards legislative review. Key Achievements 1. Designated legal adviser to provide legal advice for any invalid votes arising from the 2006 General Elections (Western Division) comprising 450,000 voters 2. Representative of the FLRC presenting a paper to the 2006 New Zealand Law Commission Workshop comprising of approximately 30 senior international government delegates from the Asia Pacific region 3. Secured a total of $240,000 of funding grants from New Zealand Aid by developing funding proposals 4. Article published in the Attorney General's newsletter and subsequent publication in a national medical journal 5. Editor of FLRC's quarterly newsletter