HRHP Q&A

Have questions about SIPA, grad school, NYC, HRHP, and more? Ask HRHP second-year students!

Roni Belenki is a second-year graduate student at SIPA, concentrating in Human Rights and Social Policy. She is a Fulbright scholarship recipient and a fellow at the International Program.
Prior to SIPA Roni worked in NGOs. In her most recent position, she was the Vice President of the Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel, where she found and led the organization's Public Policy Department to consult parliament members on LGBTQ rights issues.
She received her B.Sc. in Neuroscience, cum laude, from Ben-Gurion University in Israel, where she also worked as a research assistant in the Human Brain Imaging Center.

Xin Tong is a second-year MIA student with a concentration in Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy.
Her main focus is on human rights, gender equality, and UN Studies. She believes that by making sure every human being is living a decent life, the world can work together to achieve the SDG goals. She once worked in UNESCO and the team helped implement STEM education for girls who live in Malaysian rural areas. She also works with several SIPA classmates for a project that aims to strengthen social cohesion for Syrian refugees in Turkey and won the semi-finalists for the Geneva Challenge 2020.

Kaoru Nagasawa is a 2nd-year MPA student with a concentration in Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy.
At her previous place of work, Kaoru was in charge of crime prevention in Africa by utilizing IT. Gradually, her interest shifted to the rights of the victims from the prosecution of the criminals, which brought her to SIPA to seek the intersection between digital technology and human rights.
Kaoru interned at UNHCR Tokyo last summer and is going to intern at UNICEF Myanmar after graduation.

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