dustinsmith, Author at AIF

Age: 28
Home Town: Holyoke, Massachusetts
Education: M.Div., Harvard University; B.S. Brandeis University
Specific Field Interests: Gender and Law; Approaches for Mitigating Gender-Based Violence; Social Norms and the Construction of Masculinities and Femininities
Placement: Jagori, New Delhi
Area of Focus: Human Rights

Highlights: Dustin was based in Washington, D.C., where his research and stakeholder engagement focused primarily on the topic of gender-based violence in the South Asia region, which includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Previously, as a graduate student at the Harvard University Divinity School, his work considered issues of gender in South Asian-American communities, as well as within the region more directly.