Who We Are
The Oxford Initiative was awarded 501(c)(3) public charity status in April of 2020. Early partnerships and collaborations include the International Human Rights Law Association Oxford, the Oxford Global PeaceTech Project, RAND Corporation, UN Women Zimbabwe, Centre for Peace and Democracy (Belfast, Northern Ireland), Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, Lumiere Health International (refugees and trauma), Lotic.ai (diagnostic tools), the UNESCO Chair Program, the Alliance for Inclusive AI (UC Berekeley) and student editorial interns from the University of Oxford, Wellesley College (Albright Institute), Imperial College London, University of California Los Angeles, University of Southern California, University of Michigan, and University of Hong Kong. Initial seed funding for the Global Women’s Narratives Project was provided by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
Origins
Executive Board
Dr. Lyn Boyd-Judson
Chair, Oxford Initiative for Global Ethics and Human Rights; International Human Rights Law MSt, University of Oxford; Former UNESCO Chair; Founder, Global Women's Narratives Project; Lecturer in Narrative Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine.
Dr. Patrica Owens
Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford, and Director of the Leverhulme Research Project, Women and the History of International Thought and is a Co-Investigator on a Danish Council for Independent Research project.
Dr. Vahid Nick Pay
Lecturer in International Politics at the Diplomatic Studies Programme, University of Oxford; Member of the Management Committee at the Centre for International Studies Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford.
Ms. Asil Sidahmed
Strategic Advisor for Advocacy and Member of the Ethics Committee at Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium; Founder and Research Fellow, Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, Yemen, MPhil in International Development, University of Oxford.
Our Community
The Global Women’s Narratives Team
Dr. Lyn Boyd-Judson, GWNP Founder and Executive Director, Head of LA team, Advisory Board
Dr. Evelyne Tauchnitz, Special Advisor on Peace Technology, Oxford Global PeaceTech
Dr. Teodora Corina Hasegan, Senior Editor for Global Women's Narratives
Moreblessing Takura Madzikatire, Co-head GWNP Zimbabwe team, officer of NPRC, Zimbabwe
Kimberly Motley, Special Advisor on Afghanistan, Legal issues, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Peace Medie, Special Advisor on Conflict and Women in Africa, Advisory Board Member
Sultana Talfadar, Special Advisor on Human Rights, Queen's Counsel, UK Barrister London
Tanvi Kodali, Co-Director of Education, Harvard University MA program in education, formerly intern to GWNP LA office
Ishita Krishan, Wellesley College, Managing Editor and Creative Design
Lorraine Kuimba, GWNP Zimbabwe Senior Fellow, human rights and peace practitioner
Sakae Takushima, Special Advisor on Econ Development, Partner Monitor Capital
Thembela Lubimbi, Co-head GWNP Zimbabwe team, lawyer for women and children's rights
Liz Farkas, Imperial College London, Director of Education and Training
Lana Bridi, Editor - health and medical narratives, UCSD Medical School
Soroush Ershadifir, Editor - health and medical narratives