Her space of expertise is in business and human rights. Previous to her funding function, she worked for the International Commission of Jurists, honing her monetary expertise and understanding of global dynamics. Prior to joining International Rivers, Maureen labored as Mekong Legal Director for EarthRights International based mostly in Thailand and with the Australian Human Rights Commission on human rights and judicial reform tasks in China and Vietnam. Maureen works with people’s movements and civil society companions to protect vital transboundary rivers in the area from destructive dams and other developments. Maureen holds Bachelors’ levels in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney and a Master of Laws (Human Rights and Social Justice) from the University of latest South Wales. Genny holds bachelor degrees in regulation and international relations from the University of the Witwarersrand in South Africa. She graduated in Social Communication (Journalism) from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and holds two submit-graduate degrees in Communication Management in Digital Media (Senac) and Organizational Communications and Public Relations from USP. Josh co-leads the administration of International Rivers’ technique, packages, operations, and funds. Rin has a bachelor’s degree in Community Development and a Master’s degree in Development Management and Governance.
Prior to becoming a member of International Rivers, Gary was a coverage advisor for Oxfam’s Mekong Water Governance Program. Siziwe works to guard Africa’s rivers, campaign against destructive dams and their unfavorable impacts on communities and promote sustainable vitality options. Prior to becoming a member of International Rivers, Genny worked in the non-public sector as properly because the NGO house. She has labored on environmental, social justice and human rights points in Africa, has supported communities impacted by extractives industries and engaged policy-makers in pursuit of energy justice. Sandie works at the intersection of operations, administration, human sources and finance. Each member of our crew brings a unique background and skill set to the work of river safety and human rights. Based in Thailand, since 2002, Pai’s work focuses on Mainland Southeast Asia’s main rivers; the Mekong and Salween. From March ninth via March 11th, 2010, Google organized a “Google Day” occasion at the Sripatum University in Bangkok, Thailand, as a part of Google’s Word of Mouth project with the Software Engineering and Computer Science Departments of Sripatum University. Prof. Benny Wasuwath Pongkachorn, Ph.D, and Lecturer Khomsum Singhirunnusorn of the Software Engineering Department additionally got here to the occasion to provide help and steerage.
Many students from these departments came to the event to help test Google’s speech apps in Thai. Before joining International Rivers in 2010, Pai spent 7 years working with a Thai NGO Living River Siam (SEARIN), to empower riverine communities to protect their rivers. The work is on the safety and restoration of rivers ecosystems and rights of native communities. She is enthusiastic about trainings change of data between communities we work with. Bill Luan, Technical Program Manager of Developer Relations of Google, offered Google developer technology API trainings to the scholars and school employees at the university: “Introductioin of Google Maps API with enterprise cases”, and “Introduction of HTML5 and the furrue of Web Apps”. Isadora beforehand coordinated public relations and communications for multinational companies and executives. She further has a masters diploma in International Law with International Relations from the University of Kent (Brussels School of International Studies). Monti has a Bachelor’s diploma in Anthropology and a Master’s diploma from New York University in Environmental Education and Conservation. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and a Master of Language and Communication. Flávio has a degree in sociology from the University of Brasilia and a specialization in sustainable development in the Amazon basin from London University, England.
She has a level in American Civilization from Mills College. More just lately, Jib has served as a senior finance assistant at the esteemed International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, additional strengthening her dedication to mixing monetary proficiency with humanitarian endeavors. Phanpaporn (Jib) coordinates and assist handle monetary reporting and processes. Ashish works with International Rivers’ Finance workforce coordinating financial reporting and annual processes. Ashish is experienced in managing accounts and compliance-related actions for clients, preparation of MIS stories, preparation and assessment of financials, ledger scrutiny, financial institution reconciliation, mounted asset register upkeep and verification. In the course of the occasion, Dr. Pongkachorn also carried out a Q&A session for the scholars to ask Bill Luan questions about Google applied sciences and Google corporate tradition, whereas providing the translation between the students and the speaker. On the 3-day “Google Day” occasion, Linne Ha, International Program Manager of Google Research, working with a community of students and volunteers, carried out testing of local dialect for speech-to-textual content analysis. Gary oversees International Rivers’ Southeast Asia Program. Monti works as a part of International Rivers’ Latin America program to support local movements for the protection of rivers and to develop methods for legally protecting rivers permanently.