The experience of each DACS partner is highlighted below. The full curriculum vitae is available upon request. In addition to our own areas of expertise, we can draw on a wide network of experts in related fields.
Expertise: human development, human rights, gender, media
Languages: English, Arabic, French
Clients include: Columbia University, UNDP, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); and the World Bank
Experience includes: programme evaluations, situation analyses, strategy papers, manuals, brochures, scripts, articles and other media products. Work has involved visits to countries as far-flung as Ghana, Kenya, Bangladesh, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Iraq.
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Expertise: poverty, gender, health, population, micro-credit, labor, food security, and globalization
Languages: English, Arabic, German
Clients include: the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF); the European Union; the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the World Bank
Experience includes: books, reports, essays, presentations
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Marguerite Appel is a social development advisor specialised in gender and development with expertise in programme management, training, social and institutional analysis, strategy development, policy advice, action research, gender mainstreaming, and integration of equity concerns across sectors in policy and programme development, planning, monitoring and evaluation. Since 1998 she has undertaken action research initiatives and cross country
development programmes in partnership with civil society organizations and national public institutions, focusing on women’s economic participation and empowerment; gender justice, citizenship and governance; and rights-based approaches to development. Her work experience over the last 30 years cover a broad range of countries in Sub Sahara Africa, South and East Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Based in Cairo, she recently completed a 3-year
assignment as team leader of the Euromed Role of Women in Economic Life programme. She is a partner in DACS.
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Expertise: human development, human rights, media
Languages: English, French, Arabic
Clients include: Amnesty International UK Business Group; the Economic Policy Programme (London School of Economics); the Economist Intelligence Unit; the Exeter Refugee Study Team; ARTICLE 19; Jemstone Network, the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (Wolfson College, Oxford University); the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); and the US Information Agency.
Experience includes: books, reports, business briefings, studies, papers, and presentations on human rights, development, and the media.
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Expertise: environment, gender, communication
Languages: English, Spanish
Clients include: the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA).
Experience includes: evaluations, reports, and strategy papers
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