Jane F. Barry

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Jane F. Barry
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Jane F. Barry
Born
Jane Frances Barry

(1966-09-15) 15 September 1966 (age 55)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
NationalityAmerican
Known forHuman rights writing and humanitarian work
Children2

Jane Barry (born 15 September 1966, Boston, USA) is an international women's rights author and principal at Linksbridge living on Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA.

Personal details[]

Jane is married and has two daughters, Juliette and Alyssa.

Early career[]

Barry studied Soviet Studies at Middlebury College,[1] Vermont, USA before moving to California and working on Soviet-American co-operation issues as part of the emerging citizen diplomacy movement, with organisations including the Esalen Institute Soviet-American Exchange Program; just as the Iron Curtain began to fall.

She worked in the former Soviet Union between 1989 and 1994, taking part in counter-demonstrations to the attempted 1991 coup d'etat against Mikhail Gorbachev and in support of democracy; being one of the first foreigners to join the human shield outside the Moscow White House.[2]

Humanitarian work[]

In 1991, she joined CARE USA, working in Russia on HIV/AIDS issues [3] and other former Soviet republics including Tajikistan and Georgia during their break-away conflicts.

In 1995, CARE USA posted her to Rwanda to work in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

From 1995 to 1998, Barry worked in Bosnia and Liberia for CARE [4] before leaving the organisation to become an independent consultant.

Policy work and women's rights[]

In her more recent career, she has worked in Côte d'Ivoire, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Chechnya, Kosovo, and South Africa for Save the Children UK,[5]Help Age International, the UK Department for International Development, and the Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights.

Barry's written work has been translated into Albanian, French, Nepali, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhala, Spanish and Tamil, is required reading at Fordham University Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs.[6] She has been described by anti-war movement Women in Black as an "homage to women activists who are engaged throughout the world: from Europe across Africa and Asia to Latin America".

Since 2008, Jane Barry has worked as a principal at the Seattle office of the consulting firm Linksbridge.[7]

Publications[]

Jane Barry's recent published works include:

References[]

  1. ^ Middlebury College Alumni Archived 2010-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ San Francisco Examiner, 21 August 1991
  3. ^ Special report in San Francisco Examiner, 16 September 1999
  4. ^ "Measuring humanitarian need" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine by Marcus Oxley. Humanitarian Practice Network
  5. ^ Iraq War Highlights Changed Relationship Between Civilian Aid Groups and the Military[permanent dead link] InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action website
  6. ^ "Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs". Fordham University. Archived from the original on 2007-06-26.
  7. ^ Linksbridge: Meet the Team Archived 2011-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Iraq: war, law and humanitarian protection Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine Overseas Development Institute website
  9. ^ Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights UN invitation[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS) Civil Society Observer
  11. ^ Gender and Disaster Network: Conflict And Displacement

External links[]

Commentary on and reviews of Jane Barry's writing
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