Team

Retta Rita Soosai Saint-Anthony Reddy

Rita brings a wealth of experience and expertise in governance, human rights and gender, including mainstreaing, gender based violence and human trafficking. Rita served with the United Nations, in senior positions peacekeeping missions in Sudan and Timor-Leste, in social affairs, focusing on gender with UNESCAP in Bangkok; as special representative for the UN High Commissioner for Human rights on Trafficking of Women and Children in the Asia Pacific Region; as senior coordinator for refugee women, UN High Commissioner for Refugees; Regional Adviser for UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific Region. Also, Rita carried out a UN evaluation on implementation of SCR1325 on Women Peace and Security in Peacekeeping. Her education includes: MA in Business Law and International Economics, London Metropolitan University; Certificate in Legal Practice, the High Court of Malaysia, University of Malaya; Certificate in Legal Practice, the High Court of the Republic of Singapore, University of Singapore; Barrister at Law, Gray's Inn London. - Council of legal Education, Gray's Inn, London.