Civil Rights Defenders
Anna Magnard has extensive experience in fundraising and corporate relations, currently serving as Fundraising Director at Civil Rights Defenders since May 2017. Previously, Anna Magnard worked at SOS Barnbyar from January 2008 to May 2017 in roles focused on corporate and major donor relations. Prior professional experience includes export consulting at the French Embassy in Stockholm and an internship at the Chambre régional de commerce et d'industrie de Normandie. Anna Magnard holds a Master's degree in Political Science and Economics from Jönköping University and has further education in leadership and human rights from the Anna Lindh Academy, as well as language studies in French.
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Civil Rights Defenders
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Civil Rights Defenders is an international human rights organisation, founded in 1982 in Stockholm, Sweden. We defend people’s civil and political rights and empower human rights defenders in Sweden and globally. All countries need a strong civil society that scrutinizes those in power and presses for positive development. That is why we combine human rights work with efforts to empower local human rights defenders. Together with local partners we monitor the authorities and demand accountability when they violate human rights in law or practice. We take legal action against states, and inform and lobby decision makers to effect change and seek justice. Local human rights defenders are at the centre of all our work. We draw attention to their situation, and seek to support them with training, resources or expertise to protect the space in which they act and strengthen their work. Civil Rights Defenders was founded as a part of the Helsinki movement, under the name Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. In 2009, we decided to change our name into one that better reflects our work and objectives today.