Professional Experience
Julie has worked with individuals, organizations, and institutions around the world advocating for human rights, gender equality, and better solutions for peace.
Her work supports the efforts of global women peacebuilders and human rights activists, while also advancing local, national and international human rights laws and institutions that uphold the dignity and worth of every individual and promote peace and human security.
Her experience includes:
- Implementing rights-based approaches to peace and security
- Advancing law and policy
- Advocating action on human rights, gender equality, and peacebuilding
- Training and capacity building
- Research, writing, and public speaking
- Organizational and program development and management
- Rights-based education
On issues such as:
- Women, peace and security
- Gender and rule of law
- Access to justice
- Strengthening responses to sexual and gender-based violence
- Combating exploitation of migrant women and children
- Refugee and asylum law and policy
- Working with formal and customary justice systems
- Security sector education and reform
- Democracy and governance
- Women’s political participation
- Combating violent extremism