Invitation to Women’s Foreign Policy Group Event on February 6

The Women’s Foreign Policy Group and the Institute of International Education (IIE) are hosting a luncheon and program on Gender-Based Violence in the DRC. 

 

Marcy Hersh joined Refugees International in 2012 as a Senior Advocate for women and girls' rights. In this role, Hersh led field assessments to Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, South Sudan, DR Congo, Mali, and the Philippines, advocating that UN agencies, the US, and the EU recognize gender-based violence as a humanitarian issue and develop effective approaches to respond. In 2014, Hersh assumed the role of UN Representative for RI. In this capacity, she leads the organization’s UN advocacy efforts.

Hersh has significant field experience in emergency and protracted conflict settings in twenty countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia, including experience in working in complex environments and with traumatized populations. She has extensive experience in policy, advocacy, research, and program management on women’s empowerment, gender equality, protection, and the prevention of/response to gender-based violence. Prior to joining RI, Hersh worked for UNFPA in South Sudan and coordinated the national gender-based violence response as a sub-cluster coordinator. Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, she worked for UN Women, managing gender-based violence programming and mainstreaming women’s and girls’ protection throughout the humanitarian response.