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Mary Beth Wilson MA
Institut für Geographische Wissenschaften
Fachrichtung Anthropogeographie
Arbeitsbereich Prof. Dr. Kreutzmann
Doktorandin
Malteserstr. 74-100
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Raum
K 179
12249
Berlin
Tel.:
(++49 30) 838 70526
E-Mail: mbwilson@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Kurzbiographie
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November 2008 – January 2009 |
External Consultant for the Parternship for Advancing Community Education in Afghanistan (PACE-A) a consortium which consists of CARE International (prime), the Agha Khan Foundation, the International Rescue Committee, and Catholic Relief Services that works in 19 provinces of Afghanistan to help support community based education in rural areas, especially for girls. |
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April 2007 – November 2008 |
Monitoring and Evaluation Sepcialist for PACE-A in Afghanistan. |
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January 2006 – April 2007 |
Project Manager for Altai Consulting, a private communications and research company formerly based in Kabul, Afghanistan. Please see previous research projects below for more details. |
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June 2004 – December 2005 |
Policy Analyst for Global Policy Group, a small international consultancy. Topics included: trade Policy, following US legislation processes, etc. |
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August 2002 – May 2004 |
MA in International Relations – May 2004 Masters in International Economics and US Foreign Policy Towards the Developing World from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) |
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January 2002 – August 2002 |
Elementary School Teacher |
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August 2000 – June 2001 |
CORO Midwestern Fellow in Public Affairs |
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August 1999 – August 2000 |
Elementary School Teacher |
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August 1995 – May 1999 |
BA in History and International Studies with a Minor in Asian Studies – May 1999 Double major in History and International Studies, graduated with double distinction. Semester abroad spent in La Plata, Argentina. |
Previous Research
- Planned and managed a quantitative survey of 1,575 interviewees in 7 provinces (using SPSS) and a qualitative survey involving Focus Group Discussions and Key Informant Interviews in 3 provinces for a baseline study on Improvised Explosive Devices in Afghanistan for the US Military. The information was provided to the client in a presentation format and was used to help inform a communications campaign on IEDs that is still ongoing in Afghanistan
- Planned and conducted a qualitative baseline study on Provincial Councils and Governance in 19 provinces of Afghanistan for a communications campaign for ARD and USAID. This data was used to inform ARD’s programming, which is funded by USAID.
- Planned and managed a qualitative media evaluation of the World Bank’s National Solidarity Program Public Communications Unit for the Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in 6 provinces. Created focus group discussion guidelines, content testing workshop guidelines, and key informant interview questionnaires that have been revised for other media evaluations
- Planned and managed a qualitative media evaluation of the Afghan Ministry of Education’s Education Radio and Television of Afghanistan for UNESCO in 5 provinces.
- Conducted a market sector assessment of Afghan handicrafts for the export market for CIPE and the Afghan Women’s Business Federation in 7 provinces using qualitative tools. This research involved personally travelling to four of the seven provinces to meet producers, sellers, and buyers of such handicrafts and contacting buyers worldwide to create a database of contacts for the AWBF. One of the main recommendations of the project was that increased focus on marketing and design was needed. One year following the research, the AWBF established a design center with the assistance of AID to Artisans which has successfully helped artist cooperatives in developing countries and focuses on both design and marketing skills building
Research Topics
- Gender and Security
- Community based development programming
- Regional focus: Central Asia, Afghanistan
