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Dr Susan Bissell is Canadian academic and human rights advocate, working as a visiting scholar and senior fellow at the FXB Centre for Health & Human Rights, T.H. Chan School of Public Health of Harvard University.[1] Prior to this appointment, her thirty-year career with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) was centered on protecting the rights, safety, and security of children throughout the world.
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| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Employer | Independent |
| Known for | Child protection |
Bissell obtained her first two degrees from the University of Toronto, and her PhD in public health and medical anthropology from the University of Melbourne.[2] As an advocate for children, Bissell served as UNICEF's global lead on Child Protection, and was the founding director of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children.
Bissell's current[when?] board memberships include Cure Violence Global, Global Child and the FIFA Human Rights Advisory Board. With an interest in documentary film-making, she collaborated with Trudie Styler and the Bangladeshi team of Catherine and Tareque Masud to produce A Kind of Childhood, for television and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Currently,[when?] Bissell is an Executive Producer of Running to Stand Still / Heart of the Matter,[clarification needed] focusing on migration around the world, the exploitation of men, women and children, and the people on the front lines respecting their dignity and humanity.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Susan Bissell". FXB Center for Health and Human Rights. 24 October 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- ^ Susan Bissell (2000). "Manufacturing childhood: the lives and livelihoods of children in Dhaka's slums". University of Melbourne. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- ^ "Heart of the Matter Creative and Production Team". Heart of the Matter. Retrieved June 11, 2020.