Shannon Meehan
Deputy Director, International Rescue Committee

An African Studies Committee Baobab Lecture:
Gender-Based Violence in Sudan and the D.R. Congo

Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 3:00pm 125 McKenzie

Shannon Meehan has spent more than 17 years working in conflict zones around the world. As Deputy Director of Advocacy at the IRC, Shannon is responsible for covering the IRC’s policy priorities for the continent of Africa. A former Peace Corp volunteer in Senegal, Shannon went on to represent the American Refugee Committee  International (ARC) in Guinea and later Kosovo, where she served as Country Director, designing and implementing a multi-sector program that reached more than 100,000 beneficiaries. When she was a consultant for Refugees International and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Shannon conducted missions in Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Cote D’Ivoire, Sudan, the DRC, Rwanda and in the Middle East: Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq. She is an expert on the humanitarian and protection needs of displaced populations and refugees. Her humanitarian work was highlighted in the book, Those Who Dare,  by Katherine Martin (2004).   Shannon Meehan graduated from the University of Oregon, BSc History and Economics in 1988.