Penelope is a strategy and communications professional, passionate about international affairs, human rights and democracy. With a wide range of experience in the non-profit, non-governmental and private sectors, Penelope has worked with organizations and supported projects in the United States, Canada, Latin America and Africa. She was previously Vice-President at Teneo, a consulting firm, after spending 4 years with an elections technology company. Penelope was also the Director of Communications and Fundraising for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and worked with the Clinton Foundation in Vancouver and New York. Born and raised in France, she earned a BA in international relations and political science from Tufts University in 2005, and a MA in international affairs with a focus on conflict and security from Sciences Po Paris in 2007.
"What’s good for business should be good for society, and what's good for society should be good for business". A discussion about the future of consumer markets, corporate social responsibility and sustainable farming at CGI 2011.
CGI 2011 attendees were treated to "words of affirmation and inspiration" from Aung San Suu Kyi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu during "Conversations on Courage: Humanitarian Leadership in Action"
The Council of Foreign Relations and the Africa-America Institute hosted a discussion with Côte d'Ivoire president Alassane Ouattara and Sierra Leone president Ernest Koroma. UN Dispatch brings you some of the highlights of this intimate event.
C'est un premier pas pour la justice en Côte d'Ivoire: Laurent et Simone Gbagbo ont été inculpés hier par le procureur de la République d'Abidjan. L'inculpation porte sur les "crimes économiques" commis par l'ancien président et sa femme.
Since the beginning of the year, we've been bearing witness to popular uprisings across the world: Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Malawi, Gabon, Uganda, Chile... What drives this unrest? What is it that pushes people to take the streets? We examine the underpinnings of these "revolutions".
In April 2010, the world pledged over $10 billion in reconstruction funds for Haiti, including $5.3 billion for 2010-2011. Over a year later, a fraction of those pledges have been fulfilled - only $352 million has been received by the World Bank-managed fund. What happened?
The oil giant makes its first investments in the small, post conflict country. Can the government of Ellen Johson-Sirleaf avoid the negative consequences of oil exports?
In spite of our collective past experience of seeing food crises and famines unfold, overall the international community is still too focused on last-minute emergency interventions, an approach reinforced by a powerful and popular narrative that underscores African weakness and victimization.