Hannah Bond

NGO advocacy

Region(s): Africa, Europe
Country of focus: United Kingdom
Based in London

Hannah Bond (@h_rbond) is deputy director of advocacy at @ActionAidUK an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty.

She is former director of Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS), a network of development, human rights, humanitarian and peacebuilding NGOs in the United Kingdom. GAPS promotes,  facilitates and monitors the meaningful inclusion of gender in all aspects of policy and practice on peace and security.

Hannah has worked with civil society organizations and government in the UK and Global South.  In the early stages of her career, Hannah worked for the UK Women’s National Commission, focusing on Violence against Women and Girls.

She has since worked for humanitarian and development NGOs in the UK and Global South and for the British Embassy in Addis Ababa.

Hannah focused on conflict and women and girls’ rights in her Master’s degree at King’s College London.