Conversations with Humanitarians welcomes Toni-Anne Vinell Stewart

Toni-Anne Vinell Stewart is a gender specialist with the Gender Equality and Inclusion Section of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (U.N.-OCHA) in New York. Promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls is central to the humanitarian community’s commitment to protect and provide assistance to people affected by emergencies. As the coordinator of global emergency assistance, U.N.-OCHA plays a unique role in ensuring that humanitarian responses to emergencies focus on this goal. Vinell Stewart will talk about her work on promoting gender and women’s rights at U.N. HQ and in country operations. She’ll also talk about how she has navigated her career and offer tips on searching for internships and employment. This will also be a great opportunity for peer-to-peer networking with fellow students and networking with a humanitarian professional.

About Toni-Anne Vinell Stewart:
Stewart is a gender specialist in the Gender Equality and Inclusion Section at OCHA Headquarters, with 12+ years of experience in gender affairs, refugee protection, and humanitarian action. Over the past 2 years, she served as gender adviser to the Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan with U.N. Women, supporting strategic humanitarian leadership, coordination and support to women led organizations in the crisis response. Prior to her current role, she has worked with UNRWA in Lebanon, international humanitarian organizations in Jordan and Iraq, UNAIDS, and women’s rights advocacy organizations in Geneva and New York. Toni holds a master’s degree in women’s history and bachelor’s degree in international relations from Sarah Lawrence College, as well as a master’s in refugee protection and forced migration studies from University of London.