Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR)

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Dr. Jane Hailé, British national, Cambridge- trained social anthropologist has more than 30 years experience working in international development (UNICEF,UNDP,UNFPA) in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, West Africa and the Middle East. Currently she is based in Brussels as an independent consultant working on gender, social development and human rights for the UN, the European Institutions, and bilateral donors. She has recently been appointed Visiting Fellow of the Centre for European and International Studies Research at the University of Portsmouth UKwhich represents a welcome re-entry into academic life after a very long absence.

She had previously studied the social and economic exchanges between monastic and lay communities in central Thailand, and this year is planning further studies in Thailand on gender, religion and social change.

Qualifications

• B.A.; M.A.; Social Anthropology, Cambridge University , UK
• Ph.D Social Anthropology with special reference to Southeast Asia - SOAS

Research Clusters

• Women's and Gender Studies

Discipline Areas

• Gender and Development, Human Rights, Social Development

Research CV

Current Research Projects

• Currently formulating new research on gender, religion and social change in central Thailand.

Authored Books

• Buddhist Monk: Buddhist Layman; a study of urban monastic organisation in Central Thailand (C.U.P. Cambridge 1974).
• Buddhism in Thailand, Laos & Cambodia in the World of Buddhism, ed. Richard Gombrich, Thames & Hudson, London 1983.

Journal Articles

• Who's Afraid of Social Marketing, June 1995.(prepared as Visiting Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Cambridge University)
• Anthropology & Social Development: Go Between or Coy Bed-Fellow, May 1995 (prepared as a visiting lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Cambridge University, UK).

Other Publications

• Handbooks on Communication and Training, UNICEF/EAPRO, Bangkok 1986.
• "Ending Gender Disparities in the Arab World" prepared for the Beijing Conference 1995 (English, Arabic)
• "Gender and Development Training Sourcebook for the Middle East and North Africa", prepared for UNICEF/MENARO, and accompanying multimedia presentation 1998.
• "Safe Motherhood: a Human Right", prepared for and published by WHO, 1998.
• "Safe Motherhood: A Radical Alternative", prepared for and published by WHO/EMRO, 1996.
• "Women’s Health as a Human Right" Fourth International Conference of Women in Palestine, Gaza 1999.
• Training Packages on Gender & Development (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia).
• 1999 -200 1(EC/MEDATEAMs).
• Training packages on: Gender and Development ; Gender Audit; Gender and Communication; Human Rights (CRC,CEDAW); gender-disaggregated data; key gender issues in Budgeting, Emergency and Humanitarian Assistance; Health/Nutrition; Population/Family Planning/HIV/AIDS; Poverty Alleviation; Education/Vocational Training; Information Technology/Telecommunications; Integrated Rural Development; Trade Liberalisation; Transport; Small and Medium Enterprises; Structural Adjustment; Social Funds; Gender and Emergency; Violence Against Women; Gender and Environmental issues. 1998-2001 (EC/ MEDATEAMS).
• Gender Mainstreaming Approaches in Lithuanian Policies and Programmes (UNDP) 2002.
• Review of the Integration of Gender Issues into EC Communications on Mainstreaming Gender Equality into Development Co-operation, on Human Rights and Democratisation and on Conflict Prevention (EC 2002).
• Thematic Evaluation of the Integration of Gender into EC Development Co-operation with Third Countries.
• Jordan Field Mission Report (EC) October 2002.
• Overall Assessment of Operations Funded Under Council Regulation 2836/98 on integrating of Gender Issues in Development Co-operation (EC) September, 2002.
• Gender Questions in Project Design: key questions to ask during programme formulation across economic and social sectors EC MEDATEAMs (English, French).
• Euro-Mediterranean regional programme on “Enhancing Opportunities for Women in Economic Life” in the Mashrek/Maghreb countries (2002) Identification and Formulation Mission.
• Toolkit on Mainstreaming Gender Equality in EC Development Co-operation (2005)EC/UNILO.
• EU Policy on Gender Equality in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Aid (w/Una Murray), Irish Dept of Justice (2004).
• Honour killing, its causes and consequences: suggested strategies for the European Parliament, EP, Brussels 2007.
• Policy Briefing Notes on Women’s Human Rights; Gender and Technical and Vocational Training; Gender and Good Governance; Gender and Trade. EC Brussels (2008).
• Final Evaluation of the Project Technical Support and Knowledge Sharing on Gender Mainstreaming in the Netherlands/ILO Cooperation Programme 2006-10 (INT/06/61/NET)ILO, Geneva March 2010.
• Final Report Mainstreaming Gender in Natural Resources Management and Conservation – Tonle Sap Conservation Project (TSCP) (CMB/02/G31/A/1G/99) Cambodia.
• REGIONAL SITUATION ANALYSIS: Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equality in the Southern Mediterranean, EC Brussels March, 2010.
• Report on Capacity Assessment of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA), Cambodia, 03 May – 04 June, 2010.
• Concept Paper on a Programme-Based Approach to Gender Equality in Cambodia, UNDP 2010.
• Achieving Gender Justice through the CMDGs (draft) UNDP, Cambodia, 2010.
• Gender Analysis of the UNDAP Tanzania, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, Tanzania.
• Independent evaluation of the ILO’s strategy for the elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation ILO,Evaluation Unit, 2011.
• Gender Audit of UNDP Country Office, Tanzania November 2011.

Grants Received

• London-Cornell Fellowship for Southeast Asian Studies (1969-72).

Consultancy

• Since 1998 when she has been based in Brussels as an independent consultant working on gender, social development and human rights for the UN (UNDP,ILO,UN Women etc), the European Institutions, and bilateral donors. Her geographical areas of focus are Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Central & East Africa.