Emma Pearce

Emma Pearce leads the Women’s Refugee Commission’s disability program, which seeks to advance the rights and dignity of women, children and youth with disabilities who are displaced by crisis and conflict. Emma has provided technical support on disability inclusion to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). She has also led participatory action research with operational partners in humanitarian settings to strengthen the evidence on effective strategies for disability inclusion in women’s protection and empowerment, adolescent girls and genderbased violence programs. Emma has worked with conflict-affected populations in a variety of countries, including Sierra Leone, Liberia and Afghanistan; with internally displaced communities in the Philippines (Mindanao); and with Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Lebanon. Emma holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Melbourne, and a Graduate Diploma of International Relations, specializing in Human Rights and International Law.