Experience

Upinion

• Netherlands
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Humanitarian and Development Advisor

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Founder of Upinion's Humanitarian focus. Four years ago, I transformed Upinion from a commercial startup into a social enterprise. Since then, Upinion amplifies voices in crisis situations by gathering instant insights and stories from people in crisis settings through social media. See more at www.upinion.com Founder of Upinion's Humanitarian focus. Four years ago, I transformed Upinion from a commercial startup into a social enterprise. Since then, Upinion amplifies voices in crisis situations by gathering instant insights and stories from people in crisis settings through social media. See more at www.upinion.com



Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF)

• New Zealand
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  EHFs purpose is to incubate solutions to global problems from New Zealand, and make a lasting positive impact on the world. www.ehf.org EHFs purpose is to incubate solutions to global problems from New Zealand, and make a lasting positive impact on the world. www.ehf.org



Inter Agency Working Group (IAWG)

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of IAWG ASRH sub-working group

  • Jun 2017 - Present



Journal of Interpersonal Violence

• Reviewer

  • Dec 2012 - Oct 2020



Mukomeze Foundation

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board member

  • Jul 2011 - Sep 2019

  Mukomeze improves the lives of women and girls who survived rape and other forms of sexual violence arising from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. I am responsible for the PR-activities of the foundation. More information at www.mukomeze.nl Mukomeze improves the lives of women and girls who survived rape and other forms of sexual violence arising from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. I am responsible for the PR-activities of the foundation. More information at www.mukomeze.nl



Rutgers, expertisecentrum seksualiteit

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme lead & Researcher 'Forced migration & SRHR'

  • Apr 2015 - Oct 2018

  Programme lead of Forced migration & Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The programme aims to embed, integrate and mainstream SRHR programming in humanitarian settings, for young people, women and men. Programme lead of Forced migration & Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The programme aims to embed, integrate and mainstream SRHR programming in humanitarian settings, for young people, women and men.



Tilburg University

• Netherlands
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD-Researcher

  • Nov 2010 - Dec 2014

  The role of ethnicity in sexual violence and abusive behaviour: Comparative study into unwanted and abusive sexual experiences of minors of non-Western cultural-ethnic background and native Dutch minors.

• Researcher & Lecturer

  • Mar 2012 - Nov 2014

  Researcher on external projects for the European Union and for the Scientific Research and Documentation Center (WODC) of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice. Lecturer in the following courses for the master ‘Victimology and Criminal Justice’: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods II, Victimization of vulnerable groups, Introduction into research methods, Research methods, Current Issues in Victimology I and II.



Tilburg Law School PhD Council

• Tilburg

• Board member

  • Dec 2010 - May 2014



Universitat de Barcelona

• Spain
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • Dec 2013 - Feb 2014