Country Experience: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen and Greece.
Nina is a senior expert on gender and gender-based violence (GBV), with more than twelve years of experience in gender and GBV mainstreaming and programming, working to protect and empower women and girls in humanitarian settings.
Nina’s approach to gender and GBV is informed by listening to women and girls in conflict contexts, including Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen. This approach is coupled with drawing on evidence and inter-agency guidance and tools from organisations she has represented, including serving as Global GBV Adviser with International Medical Corps, Global Head of Gender Equality in Humanitarian with Save the Children, Gender and Governance Manager with Oxfam in Afghanistan, Gender andProtection Lead with Oxfam in Greece, and Regional Gender Adviser with Oxfam in the Middle East and North Africa. Nina also served on the IASC Gender Reference Group, IASC GBV Guidelines Reference Group, and GBV Call to Action.
Nina has significant experience in addressing gender inequalities within the work place and at household, community and national levels. Her success has been through capacity building, strategy, tool and guidance development, research (including gender analysis and gender audits), and programme design, implementation and monitoring.
Nina has additional experience at grassroots level as co-founder of Action for Women, a growing women’s rights organisation based in Greece for refugees and asylum-seekers, women’s protection and empowerment in Greece.
Nina holds a Masters degree in Human Rights from London School of Economics and Political Science, where she focused on conflict, women’s rights and international law.