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Fiona Clark

Fiona Clark

Programme Assistant Urban Peace Programme LCSES

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  • About me

    Social Development Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

  • Education

    • School of Development Studies, Universityof East Anglia (UEA) UK

      1997 - 1998
      Master of Arts in Gender Analysis of Development International Development

      Research and study the different effects and experiences of development policies and practice on men and women. Provide an analytical tool for the effects of discrimination and difference on people's potential to participate in and benefit from development. Dissertation: Gender and age in Lima, Peru.

    • Department of Geography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

      1993 - 1997
      Bachelor of Arts 2:1 Geography, minor in Spanish

      Dissertation: old age and social movements in Lima, Peru

  • Experience

    • The World Bank

      Feb 1999 - Dec 2000
      Programme Assistant Urban Peace Programme LCSES

      Managed four donor trust funds to support a programme of research and policy work on violence, social exclusion, gender and conflict in Latin America under Caroline Moser

    • HelpAge International

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2005
      Policy Officer - HIV/AIDS and Rights

    • HelpAge International

      Sept 2005 - Jul 2014

      • Regional Head of Programmes, East, West and Central Africa

        Mar 2012 - Jul 2014

      • Directora Regional de Programas para America Latina

        Sept 2005 - Feb 2012

    • Department for International Development (DFID)

      Sept 2014 - Feb 2022

      Support UK-SA Strategic Development Partnership for inclusive and equitable development in Africa. Spearhead UK partnership with South Africa during COVID19 response. Working to ensure "no one is left behind" in DFID funded programmes and policy on Family Planning and SRH, civil society and private sector efforts for inclusive growth and improved migration management in Africa. Working to support the prevention of violence against women and girls, promote citizen empowerment and accountability in Southern Africa

      • Social Development Adviser, UK - South Africa Development Partnerships,

        Nov 2018 - Feb 2022

      • Social Development Adviser, Africa Regional Department

        Oct 2016 - Dec 2018

      • Social Development Adviser for Southern Africa

        Sept 2014 - Sept 2016

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

      Jan 2022 - now

      Provide strategic direction, evidence based advice and support for inclusive growth through economic inclusion & women's economic empowerment in FCDO supported Trade & Investment Policy & Programmes. Oversee FCDO programme and policy to drive deliberate positive outcomes from social protection for women and girls. Working with #WorldBank, #UNICEF, #INNOCENTI, #STAAR to promote, integrate and implement Gender Responsive Social Protection.

      • Senior Social Development Advisor Economic Development & Partnerships

        Jan 2023 - now

      • Social Development Adviser Gender Responsive Social Protection

        Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Community worker

      Issued by Dios es Amor, Lima, Peru on Oct 1995
      Dios es Amor, Lima, PeruAssociated with Fiona Clark