Dr. Chloe Schwenke is a teaching professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the school's Executive Master of Policy Leadership (EMPL) Faculty Director. She is an international development ethicist, practitioner, human rights activist, researcher, and educator. Her career has focused on gender equality & social inclusion (GESI), LGBTQ+, governance, peacebuilding and human rights. In addition to her wide range of policy, programming, research and advocacy work on LGBTQ+ issues, her GESI experience includes policy, project and research work on GBV, child marriage, male engagement and women’s role in peacebuilding. Her experience in conflict mitigation and peacebuilding includes conflict vulnerability analyses, peacebuilding programming and evaluation and community-driven/participatory development in post-conflict settings (Somalia, South Sudan, Gaza Strip).
Chloe’s career covers project experience in over 40 countries. She served as a political appointee at USAID under the Obama Administration, as Senior Advisor on democracy, human rights and governance in sub-Saharan Africa, and on LGBTQ+ issues globally. Later she was VP for Global Programs at Freedom House, and then she did a one-year grant at ICRW to direct research on social inclusion, GBV, male engagement and child marriage.
Academic Appointment(s)
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- Teaching Professor and EMPL Faculty Director, McCourt School of Public Policy