This summer, I had a chance to work with a newly established social enterprise whose main goal is to create job opportunities for marginalized citizens – the disabled, single mothers and orphans – in Astana, Kazakhstan.
One of my main tasks for this summer, as part of with my work for the Centre for Agro-Ecology and Development (CAED) in Nepal, is creating a ‘shadow report’ for the attention of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee).
After conducting research in both the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar this month, I am excited to elaborate further about the Qatari angle of the corporate environment in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.
I am now nearing the end of my internship in Singapore. This experience has been eye-opening and captivating, not only from a business perspective, but also from a cultural and historical one.
As part of the Oslo Scholars program this summer, I’ve been working remotely for Jamila Raqib at the Albert Einstein Institution. The organization specializes in the study of nonviolent methods of resistance and how they can be used in conflicts globally.
