Toral Pattni
Role: Senior Humanitarian Advisor (Gender and Protection)
Team: Humanitarian team
Profile:
Toral is currently on sabbatical until the end of 2019.
My job is to make sure that CARE’s humanitarian work addresses the specific needs and capacities of women, men, boys and girls. I support CARE’s country offices on projects in humanitarian contexts that improve specific protection measures for women and girls, promote gender equality and prevent/respond to gender-based violence. This involves designing projects, training staff, carrying out assessments, sourcing funds and identifying issues that need to change through advocacy and lobbying. I also work to improve knowledge and understanding around gender and protection in humanitarian work, through policy briefs, guidance notes and other tools, and representing CARE in external meetings on GBV and protection.
I joined CARE in February 2016 and have worked on the Ethiopia drought response, Syria refugee response and the Mosul crisis in Iraq. I previously worked with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in DR Congo, the International Rescue Committee in South Sudan and as a consultant for the UK Foreign Office Stabilisation Unit in an EU military training camp in Mali.
One good thing I’ve read
The Women in War report from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a comprehensive look at how International Humanitarian Law protects women and the different ways that women are affected by war.
Email: pattni@careinternational.org
Twitter: @Toral_286
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CARE International UK’s humanitarian team supports CARE’s humanitarian work by accessing funding, and by providing project management and technical advice and capacity to CARE’s country offices and CARE’s emergency responses. CARE has a strong focus on ensuring that all our humanitarian programming responds meaningfully to the needs and capacities of different people, whatever their gender, identity or particular circumstances. CARE’s emergency shelter team is also based at CARE International UK.
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