Aileen is a research and evaluation professional with ten years of experience doing research, monitoring and evaluation, and support to civil society organizations in Asia. She is committed to an empowering approach to research wherein staff and partner organizations learn from an inclusive, participatory process. She has expertise in program design, training, strategic planning and both qualitative and quantitative research and analysis, including participatory methods and survey design and implementation.
Researcher: Baseline Assessment for “Emergency Health, Nutrition, WASH and FSL Response Program”
Relief International, September 2019 South Sudan
- Quantitative survey (n = 625) for baseline assessment including questions on reproductive health, WASH, livelihoods and food security among conflict-affected populations including IDPs and recent returnees.
Evaluator: “Promoting Rights to Information for Increased Transparency in Natural Resource and Land Use in Burma”
ARTICLE 19, August-September 2019 Myanmar
- Qualitative evaluation a two-year project promoting civil society knowledge and use of rights-based strategies to promote access to information. Interviews with project staff and participants (n=15).
Researcher, “Reclaiming the Narrative”
ARTICLE 19, March-June 2019 Myanmar
- Conducted interviews with human rights defenders and freedom of expression organizations (n=16), made recommendations on programming opportunities in countering hate speech and discrimination, and advised on theory of change and program development.
Evaluator, “Promoting and Protecting Indigenous Human Rights in Bangladesh and the Philippines”
Relief International, February-June 2019 Bangladesh and the Philippines
- Mixed-methods evaluation including a survey of human rights defenders/project participants (n = 112) and indigenous households (n = 297), focus group discussions (n = 5) and qualitative interviews (21).
Data Analyst and Report Writer, “Trafficking in Persons (Bangladesh)”
Relief International, November-December 2018 Remote
- Analysis of data from two qualitative and quantitative surveys of project participants (n=161) and community members (118) for a counter-trafficking in persons project implemented in Bangladesh, report-writing and making programmatic recommendations.
Researcher and Author, “Time to Hear Out Voices: Freedom of Assembly and the Youth Peace Movement in Myanmar”
Progressive Voice, June-July 2018 Myanmar
- Qualitative interviews (n = 18) with young activists and lawyers involved in and charged for anti-war protests, data analysis and report writing.
Lead Author, “There is No One Who Does Not Miss Home”
Progressive Voice, November 2017-March 2018 Myanmar
- Analysis and report-writing based on qualitative interviews (n = 338) and focus group discussions (n=21) with displaced people in Thailand and Myanmar.
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