Our Coordinator and Office Staff
Coordinator
Gina Torry is the Coordinator of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. She holds a Masters of Science in Gender Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, with a concentration on international human rights law and the sociology of development, and a BA in Comparative Literature from the American University of Paris (France). Prior to joining the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, she worked on gender equality issues relating to social and economic policy in the Gender Unit in the Global Policy Section of the Division of Policy and Planning at UNICEF Headquarters. She supported the Gender Unit's coordination of UNICEF's participation at Beijing +10/ the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. As a member of the Africa Program at the Center for Reproductive Rights, Ms. Torry coordinated communication with African partner organizations and conducted research for a project that used the human rights framework to address HIV/AIDS and PMTCT in Botswana.
Program Assistant
Elspeth Montgomery is a Program Assistant with the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. Prior to joining the NGOWG, she interned at Femmes Africa Solidarité. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and International Affairs, with a concentration in Latin America Studies. Ms. Montgomery has worked in in Peru on sustainable development projects, researched undocumented student's access to higher education and advocated for immigration law reform in the United States with the Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center. She traveled to Kyrgyzstan with the NGOWG for a Training Workshop entitled, "National-level implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security"
Member Organizations
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