Address:
4707 Connecticut Ave. NW
#111
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: 703-980-7379
Email: wmblanpied@yahoo.com

SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE:
An international development specialist with 8 years of professional experience working on U.S. and international social policy issues including gender, civil society, health, and education projects targeting child laborers, at-risk youth, at-risk women, victims of trafficking and labor exploitation, and other disadvantaged groups. Conducted field assessments on child labor and trafficking in South Asia, Cambodia, Guatemala, and Albania. Wrote and edited child labor publications, curriculum, organized workshop activities, and backstopped child labor and trafficking projects in Romania, Bulgaria, Ghana, and Honduras. Provided technical advice and assistance to a grassroots organization in Cambodia, which included proposal writing, project development, and data collection for projects on trafficking, female child domestic labor, and child malnutrition. Wrote Master’s thesis on domestic child servitude. Field experience in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Guatemala, India, Nepal, Albania, and Venezuela.

EDUCATION           
M.S., social policy and planning, London School of Economics, United Kingdom, 2001. Graduated with merit
                                   
Thesis topic: Value Assessment of Child Domestic Labor.
                                   
Courses: Health Policy, Population and Development, Maternal and Reproductive Health, Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries, Urbanization.
                                   
B.A., history and French, University of Maryland, College Park, 1997.
                                   
PROFESSIONAL
HISTORY
                                   
IREX
(Consultant for Chemonics International)
Project Officer, Asia Division of Chemonics, Washington, DC
February 2005-Present
                                   
Work on Anti-Trafficking Technical Assistance, a task order under USAID’s Women In Development (WID) Indefinite Quantity Contract that provides technical and program assistance to the USAID/WID office and global Missions to combat human trafficking worldwide. Complete technical assignments, such as field assessments, research requests and development of work plans and field project action plans. Research, write, and review technical reports and other project materials, and manage the monitoring and evaluation of project. Serve as Acting Chief of Party in absence of Chief of Party. Assists in recruitment, hiring and monitoring of consultants and/or short-term project staff, ensuring personnel selected meet technical requirements for contract positions. Provide administrative and technical support to consultants.

Creative Associates International Inc.
Consultant, Education, Mobilization and Communication Division, Washington, DC
November 2004-February 2005                               
                                   
Worked on final close-out of Education to Combat Abusive Child Labor task order, including: writing and editing child labor publications and final report, verifying completion of deliverables, maintaining communication with consultants and project staff, monitoring and evaluating pilot projects, and other tasks as needed. 

Creative Associates International Inc.
Program Associate, Education, Mobilization and Communication Division, Washington, DC
September 2002-November 2004    

      Worked on Education to Combat Abusive Child Labor, a USAID task order that provided technical and program assistance to USAID missions, regional bureaus, and organizations in non-presence countries to combat child labor and human trafficking throughout the world. Managed a USAID-funded Nepal pilot project activity, targeting internally displaced children in the Maoist conflict-affected areas for educational activities to prevent trafficking and promote safe migration. Conducted in-country child labor and human trafficking assessments, researched new child labor and trafficking initiatives, and developed intervention strategies in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Albania. Scoped out possible anti-trafficking business opportunities and participated in writing project proposals for the Business Development Unit. Started up Creative Associates’ office in Albania.
                                                                                   
International Initiative to End Child Labor (IIECL)
Coordinator, Arlington, VA (head of IIECL was my supervisor at Creative Associates)
August 2002- December 2002          

Developed child labor curriculum for elementary school-age youth and an instruction guide for teachers to help them understand child labor issues. Conducted research and input information into a child labor database. Developed proposals and assisted in development of child labor public service announcements and brochures to raise awareness of child labor and IIECL’s work. 

Women’s Development Association
Volunteer Consultant, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
June 2002- August 2002

Provided a small grassroots organization technical advice on approaching foreign donors and assistance with proposal writing, project development and collection of baseline data for project proposals on education, trafficking, female child domestic labor and malnutrition in children under five and pregnant women in the Phnom Penh area.

Global March Against Child Labor
Coordinator, New Delhi, India
January 2002- May 2002

Coordinated and networked with regional partners to advocate against domestic child labor.  Lobbied NGOs, UN agencies, and the Indian government to put domestic child labor issues as a priority.  Wrote funding and project proposals, identified strategies and needs in domestic child labor research and created educational resources for raising awareness.  Conducted projects related to trafficking, and participated in activities for female child domestic workers and boy laborers in rehabilitation and reintegration camps.

National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine
Project Assistant, Washington, DC
June 1999- September 2000 

Assisted in preparatory work for the Committee meeting, “Balancing Scientific Openness and National Security Controls at the Nation’s Nuclear Weapons Laboratories.” Conducted extensive literature and Internet searches on diabetes, health communication, and mammography to create and maintain literature database for projects run by the Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health. Administered project tasks including material requisition, payment of invoices, process of expense reports, setup of contracts, retrieval of literature, editing of reports, organizing committee meetings, and maintenance of files. 

Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce
Copy Editor, Caracas, Venezuela
July 1998- January 1999

Centro Venezolano Americano
English Language Teacher, Caracas, Venezuela
June 1998- January 1999     

Embassy of France
Scientific News Analyst Intern, Washington, DC
June 1997- August 1997       

VOLUNTEER
EXPERIENCE

Alexandria Department of Human Services, Alexandria, VA
September 2002-May 2003
Taught basic levels of survival English to Spanish-speaking immigrants. Participated in providing information on available social services to Spanish speaking immigrants.

Campaign for Migrant Domestic Workers Rights, Washington D.C.,
October 2002-May 2003
Assisted women in the Washington D.C. who have been trafficked, enslaved and/or exploited at work by providing information on social, health and legal services, and skills development. Educated community on trafficking and slavery in the United States.

Community Development Project,    Haryana State, India
February 2002-ongoing
Researched, established, and promoted a community childhood development and protection project in India’s stone mining areas. Designed, coordinated and implemented multi-phased project involving the enhancement of children’s health, education, and general well being through community participation.

OTHER

Solidarity Centre for Human Rights

Board Member, Quebec, Canada

July 2002- present
Generates funding and proposal ideas for Indian human rights NGOs working on the human rights of children and women laboring in the Indian brick kiln industry.  

WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS

USAID Workshop, Moving from Access to Relevance: Improving the Quality of Education, Washington, DC, August 2005.
Presented the innovative education approaches in the Nepal pilot project, Using Education to Prevent Abusive Child Labor, Trafficking and Unsafe Migration for Children Affected by Conflict in Nepal.
 
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Conference, Development as Freedom: The Role of Education, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2004
Presented Nepal pilot project, Using Education to Prevent Abusive Child Labor, Trafficking and Unsafe Migration for Children Affected by Conflict in Nepal. Facilitated discussion on the prevention of child labor.

USAID Workshop, Building Bridges to Peace and Prosperity: Education and Training for Action, Washington, DC, August 2003
Presented Nepal pilot project, Using Education to Prevent Abusive Child Labor, Trafficking and Unsafe Migration for Children Affected by Conflict in Nepal.

UNESCO Workshop, Training of Field Officers of Non-Formal Schools, New Delhi, India, April 2002
Presented a paper and facilitated discussion on Gender Sensitivity and Awareness Raising for the development of a field-training manual to enhance field officers’ monitoring of the non-formal education schools for former child workers in the district of Allahabad, India. 

LANGUAGES            Spanish and French.