Aileen Charleston - International Development Consultant, Independent

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Work Background

Save the Children Action NetworkStudent Engagement Advisor

Apr. 2022 - Jun. 2023

Oxfam América Latina y el CaribeRegional Women’s Rights and Gender Justice Manager-LAC

Aug. 2020 - Dec. 2021

Oxfam InternationalGender Justice Coordinator-Consultant

Jun. 2018 - Mar. 2020• Lead the Feminist Principles narrative and launch for the Oxfam confederation • Organize and manage the Gender Justice Platform’s Second and Third Face-to-Face Meeting taking place in Dublin (October 2018) and São Paulo (Jan 2020) • Coordinate and lead Oxfam strategy and involvement in the twenty-fifth anniversary and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action • Program Manage the Oxfam delegation participating in the thirty-six and thirty-fourth session of the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63 and CSW64) • Engage with key stakeholders within the external and internal Gender Justice community of practice including: international organizations, donors, global coordination mechanisms, INGOs, women-led CSOs, feminist organizations, women’s rights organizations, among others • Monitor and support Gender Justice Platform members with individual projects and commitments • Conduct and develop high quality and ethical research, situational analyses, consultations, policy documents • Communicate complex ideas and clear actionable recommendations to a broad audience on a periodical basis

Activate LabsAsylum and Migrant Families Liaison

Jun. 2018 - Aug. 2018• Engaged with Central American migrant families who had been separated and released from local Detention Centers through art-based healing activities, kinetic games, storytelling, and trauma healing workshops • Managed and created social media stories, fundraisers and interviews • Designed phone booths to be used by the families coming to the McAllen respite center to communicate with their families back home

Oxfam AmericaDevelopment Associate & Gender Focal Point

Sep. 2013 - Dec. 2015Boston• Work with foundation, government, and corporate development staff to ensure timely and high quality proposal and report submissions. • Actively fundraise for Oxfam's Prevention of Gender-Based Violence Campaign in El Salvador and Guatemala. • Serve as one of the organization’s main gender focal points by raising awareness, ensuring staff commitment and providing expertise on gender perspective within the organization and the Institutional Support Department. • Prospect for new foundation, corporation and bilateral funding opportunities through donor alert services, resource directories and online research. • Develop material for donor outreach and stewardship, such as bi-weekly funding trends newsletters, periodical briefing documents, detailed donor mappings, corporate screenings, and donor pitch assessments, among others. • Coordinate and lead internal events and activities within the organization. • Provide logistical support when collaborating with other Oxfam affiliates, consultants, and other external stakeholders in different projects. • Fundraise for special programs by organizing donor visits/calls and establishing continued relationships.

Brandeis UniversityGraduate Research Associate

Apr. 2013 - Sep. 2013• Worked as part of the evaluation team of the Food For Dollars program geared towards minority low-income seniors and imparted by the local Boston organization ABCD. • Coordinated and conducted multiple pre and post class evaluation interviews among participants throughout different senior centers in the Boston area.

Cultural SurvivalGuatemala Community Radio Intern

May. 2011 - Aug. 2011Cambridge, Massachusetts•Drafted letters individually addressed to all members of the Guatemalan Congress and private corporations to support Bill 4087 for Community Media that would legalize community radio in the country. • Contributed to the development of new radio content for community radio stations in Guatemala • Supported the creation of a Radio Criteria Checklist that today serves to assess the level of community involvement of all community radio stations in Guatemala.

La Raza del NoroesteBilingual Reporter

May. 2008 - May. 2009Everett, Washington•Provided the Spanish-speaking community information on topics related to immigration, politics, and the economy. •Managed newspaper’s events calendar, organized press conferences, performed interviews, planned logistics of community fairs, and on-going events with celebrities and diplomats visiting the area. •Co-hosted a weekly community radio show with Washington state’s main Hispanic news anchor, Jaime Mendez.

Federal Way MirrorIntern Reporter

Jan. 2008 - May. 2008Federal Way, Washington•Generated weekly stories as part of a news team, covering culture, immigration, local politics, education, health, grass-roots organizations, crime, environment, city council and community events. •Reached a previously untapped market by appealing to the Spanish-speaking population.

Sea-Latino NewspaperBilingual Reporter

May. 2007 - Dec. 2007Federal Way, Washington

KCTS 9Bilingual Community Outreach Intern

Mar. 2007 - Aug. 2007Seattle, WA•Engaged in mass media outreach to promote the public Spanish national channel V-Me. •Interviewed, recorded and reported the stories of WWII veterans for the PBS documentary “The War”.

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