Gaëlle Sévenier

COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST – Consultant P3, UNICEF Country Office Malawi
Lilongwe, Malawi, South East Africa – Created Story Telling publication on impact of social cash transfer on the lives of selected households. Coordinated visits by National Committees, Donors, Media. Finalized inputs into the Website. Wrote human interest stories for all cluster. Maintained media relations and responded to queries. Supported primary School Curriculum and Stop Child Abuse Campaigns.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT – Consultant P3, step 2 level – UNICEF ROSA, Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal, South Asia - Produced a written KM report that provided case studies of KM in many UN agencies and UNICEF offices,
a KM strategy, recommendations and action plan for ROSA (including field visits, on-line survey…)

COMMUNICATION, KM and CHILD PROTECTION – Consultant P3 level – UNICEF CEE/CIS, Geneva, Central and Eastern Europe - Knowledge Management: produced KM Reports, Regional Intranet conceptualization, survey and presentation at Regional Retreat. RO Web site Management (content and design), articles, interviews.
Creation of Child Protection resource pack: design, content, quantitative analyses. www.ceecis.org/child_protection
Creation of the UNICEF Regional Office web site for Central and Eastern Europe: www.unicef.org/ceecis
Creation of a CD-Rom and web site for the UN consultation on violence against children in Europe and Central Asia: www.violencestudy.org/europe-ca Communication kit; communication strategy inter-UN agency.

JOURNALISM - Read publications: http://gsevenier.free.fr/publications.html

2 years of freelance journalism: indigenous & minority issues (Central & South America)
Correspondent for The Tico Times; Agence France Presse : AFP San José (09/03 - 12/03); La Nacion : Costa Rica
The Revue : Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Belize (01/03 - 08/03); Entre Mundos : Guatemala (07/02 - 01/03)
The Denver Post (USA); The Big Issue (GB); Modcraft (Dk); Gente del Forum (Spain)

VIDEO DOCUMENTARY REPORTER
5 documentaries on Tenerife, Canary Islands – Le Taillefer Production 03/2008
Documentary on child mortality, UNICEF Malawi, MTV 12/2007
2 documentaries on indigenous intercultural theatre and coffee cooperative, Guatemala and Panama 01/03 and 02/04

The African Community Center, Denver, USA.
03/02 - 07/02
PR Coordinator, Web Designer : Administrative support for African political refugees, press releases.

Adoption Options, Denver, USA. International Coordinator.
06/01 - 12/01

Habitat for Humanity, Denver, USA. PR internship (design of brochures…). 01/01 - 06/01

Mi Casa, Resource Center for Latino Women, Denver, USA, PR, Management survey 09/00 - 11/00