The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs

Organization: Independent Diplomat
Team: Ilir Deda, Jenna Mancini, Tamara Shahabian
Summary: Students conducted research on Somaliland government's existing lobbying and public diplomacy activity and coordination in the United States.

Organization: Municipality of San Fernando, El Salvador
Team: Liza Konnert
Summary: Student engaged in Plan 2021, an initiative launched by the El Salvadorian Ministry of Education to enhance the education of all Salvadorian students.

Organization: Make A Ripple
Team: Katinka Eikelenboom, Emily Andrews, Bryan Nicholson, Cate Owren, Nancy Rizkilla
Summary: Students worked with Ethical Mining and Green Gold to create a sustainable market for ethically mined gold, identified a mining company to target and monitored US position internationally on global mercury.

Organization: Interrupcion
Team: Christina Irene
Summary: Student worked with HelpArgentina, completing translations for the website and legal archive.

Organization: The Athena Women's Network
Team: Malgorzata Juszczak, Franziska Kunze, Natalie Rodic, Marzena Szewczyk, Jennifer Zanowiak
Summary: The PIA team conducted field analysis including a compendium of research, interviews, and policy statements/guidance and research on rights-based consensus statement that identifies the core areas of agreement between the gender, human rights, and HIV communities.

Organization: Graduate Program on International Affairs
Team: Ranjit Jose, Alison Hayes, Andrea Peters
Summary: Students conducted a literature review and research analysis on increased inequality as a result of economic growth since the 1980s.

Organization: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Team: Tania Hary, Daniel Gore, Elizabeth Chiappa, Katia Araujo-Natt
Summary: The Resource Management-Prevention of Exploitation and Abuse team worked with the Global Advisor for the Prevention of Exploitation and Abuse to assess, gather and review materials and resources available on exploitation and abuse. The team also developed a toolkit of resources that can be used by all programs and develop a system to ensure periodic review and tracking of new materials.

Organization: NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault
Team: Rosa Tesfai, Marcel Reynolds, Tania Lozano
Summary: Students work with the planning committee to conceptualize the PAR structure for a citywide project,researched and reported to the planning committee on best practices and innovative examples of cross-site PAR projects, and worked closely with each of the participating organizations to write a comprehensive funding proposal for the first stage of a citywide project.

Organization: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Team: Zayn Aabakil, Amina Conte, Andrea Feduzi, Stephanie Miller, Laura Summerhays
Summary: Students developed creative and innovative programming models in the areas of mentoring, youth leadership, and academic enrichment - taking into account refugee history, age, gender, culture and resettlement location - including a toolbox containing curricula, arts initiatives, recreational activities, and events planning to serve as the basis for pilot projects across the IRC resettlement network. Students also analyzed global statistics, trends, patterns, child protection issues, formal and non-formal educational programs, and promising practices concerning refugee youth and identify potential implications for stateside refugee youth programming.

Organization: UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW)
Team: Noemi Gonzalo-Bilbao, Liliana Gamboa
Summary: Students collaborated with International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) to study the effects of transnational motherhood on Dominican migrant women living in New York City and their experience with family reunification.

Organization: Human Rights Watch
Team: Jesica Santos, Radosh Piletich, Monica Paz, Bonnie Nezaj, Kellie McDaniel, Micheal Hill
Summary: Students worked with Human Rights Watch to develop a comprehensive paper that include Mozambique's background on the conflict, the amnesties that were offered and how those worked out in practice, to determine if in fact Mozambique is an example where amnesty fostered long term stability.