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STAR
Staff
Jill Benderly, STAR Founder and Co-Director,
Zagreb
Since 1986, expert on Eastern Europe, especially Yugoslavia and
its successor states, with extensive publications focused on social
change movements and gender. Previously pioneered programs that
build cooperation across ethnic and national borders in the U.S.
and Mideast. M.A. in Women's Studies and East European Studies,
George Washington University.
Selma Hadzihalilovic, Coordinator, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Anti-Trafficking Community Mobilization Project.
She has extensive training and experience on the promotion and protection of
human rights, women’s human rights, conscientious objection to compulsory
military service, and policy making and networking on the national and international
level. She is a core member of Women Waging Peace and other national and international
human rights networks.
Gordana Pajnic, Administrative/Financial
Manager, Zagreb
Extensive financial management experience with bilateral programs
and USAID. Oversees administrative and financial reporting staff
in the region and country office, coordinating with the Washington
and Vermont World Learning offices.
Mirna
Santro, Administrative/Financial Manager, Zagreb
Over six years experience with international organizations in
Finance/Administration including CARE and International Catholic
Migration Commission (ICMC), involving
work in Macedonia and Kosovo.
Lael Stegall, STAR Co-founder and Advisor,
Washington D.C. and Deer Isle, Maine
Extensive experience in women's policy leadership in domestic and
international settings as founding organizer of National Women's
Political Caucus, social change philanthropies, EMILY's List, the
Communications Consortium Media Center, and coordinator of the media
campaign for women's human rights at the UN World Conference in
Vienna, 1993.
Ljiljana Varga, Chief of Party, Croatia
Trafficking Prevention Activity.
She
has extensive experience promoting local NGO-government cooperation
in Croatian border communities and developing and implementing
awareness-raising programs. Her experience ranges from development
and capacity building on local and international levels to providing
training and technical assistance in project cycle management.
She has significant experience and particular interest in needs
assessment and monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
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