Recent graduate Emily Wiseman (PhD in International Relations/Political Science) has published her paper, “Gendered Aftershocks: Women’s Exclusion from Post-Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction in Haiti”, in Princeton University’s Journal for Public and International Affairs.

Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Ms Wiseman visited the Caribbean country to conduct fieldwork and research for her PhD dissertation. She found women’s voices were marginalised from the reconstruction process, perpetuating gender stereotypes that view women as victims and further exacerbating gender inequalities.

“Comparing the work of three international humanitarian organisations, I examined how different approaches to gender mainstreaming were reflected in their programmatic outputs and outcomes” says Ms Wiseman. “I was amazed by how many of my fellow students were willing to contact friends and colleagues working in Haiti during the course of my studies”.

Upon completing her PhD, Ms Wiseman joined the International Organization for Migration’s Gender Coordination Unit, where she helped cultivate the new Gender Equality Policy. In April 2015, she joined the Government of Canada as an Evaluation Manager at Global Affairs Canada, applying her dissertation methodology of examining policy and programmatic outputs and outcomes.

“Working on gender issues continues to be my passion and in the near future I look forward to applying the skills that I have gained during my academic studies at the Graduate Institute and in my professional experience to further advance understandings of how to evaluate gender equality results in field programming.”