I am a policy and migration consultant with over 10 years in the human rights space and 5 years as a policy consultant. I welcome new ventures, collaborations or partnerships. I am multilingual with demonstrated professional experiences in the international development sector as it relates to policy & advocacy, research, migration and human rights. I have worked in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and North America. Currently I am in Kenya implementing a research project with the organization I founded and am CEO of, Global Rights Defenders, focused on barriers to socio-economic inclusion for refugees.

Examples of my work include:

• Rapporteur for the Voices Rising team, a refugee-led advocacy team residing at Kakuma refugee camp
• Human Rights Expert on Illuminem
• Human Rights Case Monitor, Saudi Arabia on Lawyers Rights Watch Canada
• Podcast creator & host, Global Rights Defenders
• Guest Lecturer at the Global Campus of Human Rights, Vienna
  • and more

Please get in touch if you are interested in hiring me for my consulting services - rai@globalrightsdefenders.org

My Services Include:

Cross-Sectoral Expertise: Migration, Refugees, Asylum; Promotion & Protection of Displaced Persons Rights through strengthening Migration Governance; Protection & Promotion of Human Rights; 

Organization Type: Academic and Research Institution; Government; NGO; Non-profit; Think-Tanks

Skills: Writing; Leadership; Policy Development; Project Design & Implementation; Research, Monitoring & Evaluation; Survey Design & Analysis; Gender and Cultural sensitivity; Advocacy & Campaigning; Negotiation.

Research: Qualitative & Quantitative; Survey Design; Data Synthesis & Visualization; Literature Reviews
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Policy: Development, Analysis & Writing; Policy Implementation; Internal and Public Policy Procurement

Analysis: Review & analyze academic and legal literature to identify gaps and areas for project implementation

​Project design: Procure project proposals

​Monitoring & Evaluation: Key Performance Indicators; Surveys; Results Based Management; inter alia, to evaluate and summarize project findings

Public speaking: Interviewing, Moderating, and Presentation skills at international conferences or online