Nelina Sousa

Experience

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  Timor-Leste Media Development Center-TLMDC

  Sept 2009 - Sept 2010

  Journalist

  * Prepared work plan for the activity.* Prepared questions and make interviews with different people from duty bearers, moral bearers and rights holders regarding gender and political participation's issues in Timor –Leste* Worked on Cool edit Pro to edit the voices after interview and prepared some feature/program regarding gender and development in the different areas. * Traveled to the district/ rural areas to make interview directly with the community. * Worked directly with media department from secretary of state for promotion of equality-SEPI. Show less

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  Paz y Desarrollo (PyD)

  Jan 2010 - Oct 2015

  Facilitate ToT the manual for the promotion of critical thinking with teachers and facilitators from public institutions and civil society organizations.Ensure capacity building of facilitators to implement trainings on promotion of critical thinking on gender relations. Finalize manual and support graphic design of the material.Coordinate implementation of trainings of the manual for the promotion of critical thinking implemented at university, schools, art centers and training colleges.Coordinate implementation of the theater for social change workshop at university, schools, art centers and training colleges.Coordinate public events organized in public institutions to disseminate the content of the baseline investigation and promote critical thinking on gender relations.Facilitate communication and coordination between PyD and its collaborators (SEPI, UNTL, civil organizations and other stakeholders).Promote synergies with stakeholders for their involvement in the primary prevention initiative –participating in working meetings, integrate in their own activity and/or participate in the different components of the edutainment prevention initiative. Coordinate a stakeholder’s for study trip to Vietnam to share the PyD Love Journey School based initiative and support them to incorporate good practices in their own activity.Ensure capacity building of PyD staff in the area of GBV prevention, potentiating the integration of this perspective in all their activities as ‘agents of change’.Promote knowledge on primary prevention and dissemination of the cycle of PyD’s edutainment initiative amongst stakeholders. Ensure correct monitoring and evaluation of the activities implemented. Show less Support mainstreaming gender process at Paz y Desarrollo office in Timor –Leste according to the gender policy from regional office and gender policy from Spain. Support elaboration of strategic document for gender mainstreaming at Paz y Desarrollo office in Timor-Leste, in coordination with regional office and headquarters office. Create a gender training documents for Paz y Desarrollo staffs, local partners and beneficiaries of this program in Timor-Leste.Provide training about gender to Paz y Desarrollo staff, local partners and beneficiaries of this program in Timor-Leste. Support responsible of Civil and political rights and gender mainstreaming department in the mainstreaming gender area, coordinate the activity between the staff in the department. Implementation of the activity regarding “Regional Program of the Promotion of Political Participation with Gender Equity in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines, Timor-Leste and Vietnam”, with especial attention of gender mainstreaming in the project in Timor-Leste. Monitoring and evaluation of activity in “Regional Program of the Promotion of Political Participation with Gender Equity in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines, Timor-Leste and Vietnam”, with especial attention of gender mainstreaming in the project in Timor-Leste.Visit the district every week to check the implementation of the “Regional Program of the Promotion of Political Participation with Gender Equity in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines, Timor-Leste and Vietnam”, with especial attention of gender mainstreaming in the project in Timor-Leste.Participate in the strategic meeting of Paz y Desarrollo, with especial attention of gender mainstreaming in the project in Timor-Leste. Support identification of the new project with especial attention of gender mainstreaming in the project. Show less

  • Senior Gender Technician and Responsible of Education Project for GBV

    Oct 2010 - Oct 2015

  • Gender Mainstreaming technician

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2015
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  CARE Timor-Leste

  Nov 2015 - Jul 2017

  Gender Officer

  * Coordinate the implementation of CARE international in Timor-Leste’s Gender and Women’s Empowerment Strategy, including six monthly reporting to the Senior Management Team and quarterly updated to the Program Management Team, Support program and project teams to include gender transformative approaches throughout activity implementation, monitoring, evaluation and learning. Provide coaching and training support on gender equality, gender based violence and women’s empowerment and gender to CARE staff’s, partner staff and project beneficiaries.Coordinate CARE’s Gender Working Group and Gender Focal Points.Actively participate in relevant information and advocacy networks and forums in Timor-Leste and Internationally as required.Maintain an awareness of CARE’s work on Gender internationally and in the region. Support the Program Quality Team and Program Quality Manager in relevant activities as required. Show less

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  Care International in Timor-Leste

  Jul 2017 - now

  Deputy Project Manager for Gender

  1. Strategy and Leadership2. Program Implementation 3. Budget Management 4. Representation and Coordination