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Susan's Career Path
Feb. 2021 -Present
FreelanceGender specialist
Johannesburg Metropolitan AreaSusan Tolmay is a South African feminist and human rights activist committed to social, political, economic, and environmental justice, with over 20 years of experience working on women and human rights in regional and international NGOs. I am a researcher, writer and editor and have conducted research and written extensively on women’s representation and participation in political decision-m...
Sep. 2017 -Sep. 2019
Amnesty InternationalWomen and Marginalised Groups Rights Officer
Johannesburg Area, South AfricaAt Amnesty International South Africa I was responsible for women and other marginalised groups, including conducting research to inform advocacy and campaigns for realising human rights. In 2018 I was main researcher on a research project on refugee and asylum seeker rights in South Africa, the findings of which informed recommendations to the South African government, campaigning and advoca...
Jan. 2011 -Jun. 2017
AWIDWomen's Rights Information Manager
Johannesburg Area, South AfricaIn this role, I provided strategic leadership and management of the development and implementation of the Women’s Rights Information (WRI) programme content production strategies for AWID, an international feminist movement-building organisation. I managed and oversaw the production process of all organisational knowledge products, including editing short articles and publications. Managed fo...