Experience

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  Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law

  • United States
  • Research Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Visiting Research Fellow

    • Dec 2021 - Present

  • Senior Visiting Research Fellow

    • Dec 2021 - Present

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  Women Peace Network

  • Yangon

  • Founder and Executive Director

    • Jun 2012 - Present
    • Yangon

    Working on promoting gender equality, youth empowerment, human rights, democracy and peace in Myanmar.

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  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Fellow

    • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020
    • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    FELLOWSHIP PROJECTWai Wai Nu is designing and implementing outreach efforts around the Museum's exhibition, Burma's Path to Genocide. She is also serving as an advisor on the pursuit of justice and accountability in Burma. She provided input and assistant to various atrocity prevention research project.

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  Columbia University in the City of New York

  • New York, United States

  • Visiting Scholar

    • Aug 2019 - Jun 2020
    • New York, United States

    I conducted research, took part in workshops and weekly seminars on leadership, international relations, political science, conflict resolution, and peace building. I provided lectures and workshops.

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  University of Michigan Law School

  • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

  • Visiting Scholar

    • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    Worked on women developing human rights advocacy toolkits and workshops.Provided human rights lecture in law school.

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  My Friend Campaign

  • Myanmar

  • Founder & Campaign Manager

    • May 2015 - Aug 2019
    • Myanmar

    Social media campaign to promote tolerence and pluralism. Campaign has conducted many public forum and actives against hate speeches and non-dicrmination in different part of the country.

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  Yangon Youth Leadership Center

  • Yangon

  • Founder and Director

    • Jan 2015 - Aug 2019
    • Yangon

    Yangon Youth Center is providing empowerment trainings on politics peace and leadership, resources and connection for young people in Myanmar to be active and responsive youth who can contribute to the country's development and political change.

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  University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

  • Berkeley, California, United States

  • Visiting Scholar

    • Nov 2018 - May 2019
    • Berkeley, California, United States

    Assisted several project under the human rights center. Provided lectures and workshops on human rights and international justice mechanisms.

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  Justice for Women

  • Yangon

  • Co Founder and legal consultant

    • Nov 2014 - Jan 2017
    • Yangon

    As a co-founder and legal adviser I ensured implementation of the various projects including, sexual violence project, legal trainings and probono legal cases. I provided free legal consultation, legal training, conducted field research and managed campaign on violence against women.

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  Justice Base

  • Yangon, Myanmar

  • Law Fellow

    • May 2013 - Jun 2014
    • Yangon, Myanmar

    I assisted with legal Research, rule of law project, fair trail projects and interpretation and translation of legal documents, interviews and trainings.