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Ashley, Laurel, Jennifer, Lindsay, Sofi - at the end of months of work to organize the Canadian Forum on Women's Activisim in Constitutional and Democratic Reform!
 Jennifer Bond, Research
Associate. Jennifer Bond is a Research Associate
with the International Women's Rights Project
(IWRP), where she has spent the past year working on
projects relating to gender and the responsibility
to protect doctrine. Her current work for IWRP
focuses on the nexus between HIV/AIDS, gender, and
democracy in Southern Africa. Jennifer holds an LLB
from the University of Victoria, where she was
recipient of the McIntyre medal, and two degrees
from the University of Calgary: a BComm specializing
in International Affairs and a BA in English
Literature. Jennifer recently completed her term as
Chair of the Environmental Law Centre's Community
Board and is currently serving as a research
consultant for UVic's Faculty of Law. She will be
clerking with the Alberta Court of Appeal in 2006
and with the Supreme Court of Canada beginning in
2007. Prior to attending law school, Jennifer
worked as the Director of a non-profit organization
designed to offer support and advocacy for at risk
youth. She can be reached at jkbond@uvic.ca.
"Working with IWRP has been one of the most
rewarding experiences in my professional career.
Throughout my involvement with this organization, I
have been given the opportunity to grapple with
tremendous intellectual challenges and be exposed
first-hand to the way academic research intersects
with both international political movement and
grassroots advocacy. Perhaps most importantly, I
have also had the opportunity to work with, learn
from, and be inspired by, courageous women from all
over the world, including my tremendous colleagues
within IWRP itself." - Jennifer Bond
 Ashley Heaslip, Research Assistant.
Ashley Heaslip graduated from the
University of Victoria where she studied political science,
environmental studies, and journalism. She has experience working with
organizations such as World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and
the Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG). She
joined IWRP in June 2005. She has worked on issues of HIV/AIDS and
youth in Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania. She interned at the Global Health
Council in Washington DC for the fall term of 2006. She is presently
working at the Aboriginal Health Research Group at UVic.
She will be beginning an M.Sc. in health promotion based on her work
on youth, sexual violence and HIV/AIDS. She can be reached at ashley.heaslip@gmail.com.
See Ashley Heaslip's detailed c.v.
"When I began working for IWRP in May 2005, I was excited for
the opportunity to work with women who shared a common passion for
justice. At first, I did not realize the impact that Marilou
McPhedran, Susan Bazilli, and the many other motivating women I
interacted with would have on my future aspirations. Being able to
engage with ideas and people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
through my work as a co-coordinator of the youth forum for the
National Forum on Women's Activism and Democratic Renewal ensured
my continued passion for intercultural dialogue and development.
Working with IWRP presented many challenges that most
undergraduate students do not have the privilege to engage with
until later in their lives. I am thankful for these challenges and
the many lessons they taught me.
"I will continue to support IWRP and its work in various capacities
in the future while I pursue a Masters in Forced Migration
Studies. I hope to work with young women in displaced communities
on the development of health education programs." - Ashley Heaslip
 Sofi Khwaja, Intern. a law student from the University of Victoria, organized organized
the first annual Lived Rights lecture with Dr. Sima
Samar in February 2006. She also coordinated the
comprehensive Afghan case study for the Canadian
Forum on Women's Activism in Constitutional and
Democratic Reform which can be found on the IWRP site. She can be reached at skwaja@uvic.ca.
 Linda Naidoo, Research Associate.
Linda has a BA (with majors in Women's History and Legal
Studies) and an LLB and LLM from the University of Natal
in South Africa. She clerked at the South African
Constitutional Court with Justices Arthur Chaskalson and
Laurie Ackermann. Linda came to Canada on the Ismail
Mahomed Scholarship where she completed her second
Masters degree at the University of Toronto, focussing
on gender stereotyping. Linda is currently a Researcher
in the Constitutional Law Branch of the Office of the
Attorney General for Ontario, based in Toronto. She
may be contacted at linda.naidoo@utoronto.ca.
 Chloe Raxlen. Chloe is the IWRP student for the 2007 term. She is organizing the
Lived Rights lecture and International Women's Day event She is
currently a student of political science and history at UVic. She
plans to focus her career in feminist economics in Latin America. She
has just returned from studying in Argentina and speaks Spanish and
French.
 Laurel Sherret, Project
Coordinator. Laurel recently completed her LLB at the University of Victoria, concentrating
on international law and human rights. She holds a BSc in Biological Sciences
and a BA in International Relations, specializing in International
Institutions and Governance and Latin America, both received from the
University of Calgary. She has been the Project Coordinator for the
International Women's Rights Project, researching the implementation of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
and, more recently, an IWRP Research Associate focusing on the gender
dimensions of the Responsibility to Protect and other projects. She has been a
Research Assistant at Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights
Policy, a settlement worker with immigrant and refugee women, a research
associate on various projects, and an intake worker with the Legal Aid Society
of Alberta. In 2006-07 she will be working for the UN Refugee Agency in New
Delhi, India and in the spring of 2007 she will return to Canada to clerk at
the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto.
 Megan Jerke.
Megan Jerke worked as the IWRP Research and Administrative Associate for the 2006 fall term. Megan is completing her MA at the Institute of Dispute Resolution at the University of Victoria, where she will complete her thesis based on her work at the Glencree Centre for Reconciliation in Ireland in 2007.
 Salima Samnani. Salima Samnani, University of Victoria law student, interned at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg for the Sept - Dec 2006 term. This is made possible by the generous funding from the UVic Law School's Co-op Program, and this internship allowed Salima to work with the IWRP South African Program for 2006 on the Putting Feminism on the Agenda forum.
With thanks: original site created by Kelly Mannix. Maintained and updated by Nina Cherington.
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