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Elizabeth Rowley, DrPH
I am a technical partner to
leading organizations solving difficult challenges in gender equity,
global health, and migration.
Services
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Research & Evaluation
I partner with organizations to provide end-to-end quantitative and qualitative research & evaluation services.
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Project Design & Implementation
I bring thought leadership and effective approaches to project teams at all stages of the project life cycle.
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Capacity Strengthening
I identify technical capacity gaps, create guidance and tools, and develop responsive learning approaches to meet diverse needs.
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Technical Writing & Review
I use strong writing abilities for communications that are well-researched, on-point and audience-specific.

Topics
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I work on gender-related risks to social, health, and economic well-being, which are experienced differently by women, men, and non-binary individuals across the lifespan. Much of my work involves advising technical teams on how to bring gender integration approaches to research and programs across highly diverse topic areas. This includes:
Designing tools, structures and processes to promote gender integration capacity strengthening at an organizational level
Gender integration technical leadership and/or support in specific projects
Gender analysis to inform program implementation
Integrating gender considerations in data collection tools and analysis plans
Integrating gender metrics in project M&E plans
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Gender-based violence is a transgression of individuals rights to safety and well-being occurring in both conflict and development settings, within homes and institutions, and at all socioeconomic levels. It is experienced in multiple forms by women, girls, men, boys, including persons of all gender identities. It is preventable, and health services and other sectors have a crucial role to play in the delivery of safe, timely, quality care to survivors. My work in GBV prevention and response began in 2004 and includes:
Literature reviews
Data collection and analysis
Mixed methods evaluation
Program and service assessment
Multi-sectoral GBV coordination guidance
Engagement in community-level initiatives
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Both globally and within individual countries, adolescents and youth experience a highly uneven realization of their rights and agency within health, education, economic welfare and other domains. Sustainable solutions for global health, the protection of refugee and displaced persons’ rights, and climate change mitigation are fundamental challenges requiring accurate understanding of the conditions they experience and their vision for the future, in their own words.
Examples of work addressing these issues include:
Data collection and analysis on early and child marriage in refugee populations.
Research to characterize the sexual networks, behaviors, and male sexual partners of HIV-positive adolescent girls and young women
Proposal writing and documentation of implementation approaches focused on the DREAMS Initiative
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My earliest career directions arose from a strong concern about the circumstances of refugees and displaced populations. Many of the same challenges, especially concerning the integration of refugees in host country societies and health services to address refugee needs, remain relevant in many countries. My experience in humanitarian assistance includes:
Evaluating refugee repatriation assistance programs
Directing financial grants to civil society organizations in conflict-affected areas
Project monitoring and organizational assessment for civil society organizations in post-conflict countries
Assessing of health service financing in fragile states
Identifying differences in refugee and host population health needs
Designing systematic approaches for the integration of refugee health services into host community district health services
Coordinating research agenda setting on sexual violence in conflict settings
Mapping donor investments in reproductive health for refugees and internally displaced populations
My Regional Expertise
I have worked in Central America & the Caribbean, West Africa, East, Central and Southern Africa, and Asia.
Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo
Guinea
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Asia
India
Indonesia
Thailand
Central America & Caribbean
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Jamaica