iamshleigh

Ashleigh is currently a Senior Program Associate at PartnersGlobal, where she works on the sub-Saharan Africa portfolio on U.S. Department of State-funded projects focused on Peacebuilding and Access to Justice in Nigeria, and more broadly on co-developing an organization-wide Women, Peace, and Security strategy.

 

Prior to Partners, Ashleigh worked on: advocacy with the indigenous San community in Botswana; gender equality and youth empowerment in both Burundi and Timor-Leste; assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of UN peacekeeping missions in Israel, Palestine, and Syria; and advocacy and policy recommendations to the UN Security Council for Iraq’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security.

 

In the U.S., Ashleigh has worked in social service roles supporting homeless women and abused children.

 

She holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University, specializing in Women, Peace, and Security, and Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, with a minor in Theatre, from the University of California, San Diego.

 

Ashleigh takes joy in traveling and exploring the world, asking why, pursuing creative endeavors, and attending theatre productions (especially musicals). As a former NCAA athlete, she enjoys both playing and watching a wide variety of sports.

 

She dreams of glass ceilings the world over

FINALLY breaking.