Jane Barry (born 15 September 1966, Boston, United States) is an American international women's rights author and the Linksbridge Foundation's Executive Director https://linksbridge.com/about-us living on Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States.
Early career Barry studied Soviet Studies at Middlebury College,Middlebury College Alumni Vermont before moving to California and working on Soviet-American co-operation issues as part of the emerging citizen diplomacy movement, with organisations including the Esalen Institute Soviet-American Exchange Program; just as the Iron Curtain began to fall.
She worked in the former Soviet Union between 1989 and 1994, taking part in counter-demonstrations to the attempted 1991 coup d'etat against Mikhail Gorbachev and in support of democracy; being one of the first foreigners to join the human shield outside the Moscow White House.San Francisco Examiner, 21 August 1991
Humanitarian work In 1991, she joined CARE USA, working in Russia on HIV/AIDS issues Special report in San Francisco Examiner, 16 September 1999 and other former Soviet republics including Tajikistan and Georgia during their break-away conflicts.
In 1995, CARE USA posted her to Rwanda to work in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
From 1995 to 1998, Barry worked in Bosnia and Liberia for CARE "Measuring humanitarian need" by Marcus Oxley. Humanitarian Practice Network before leaving the organisation to become an independent consultant.
Policy work and women's rights In her more recent career, she has worked in Côte d'Ivoire, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Chechnya, Kosovo, and South Africa for Save the Children UK,Iraq War Highlights Changed Relationship Between Civilian Aid Groups and the Military InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action websiteHelp Age International, the UK Department for International Development, and the Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights.
Barry's written work has been translated into Albanian, French, Nepali, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhala, Spanish and Tamil, and required reading at Fordham University Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs. She has been described by the anti-war movement Women in Black as an "homage to women activists who are engaged throughout the world: from Europe across Africa and Asia to Latin America".
Since 2008, Jane Barry has worked as a principal at the Seattle office of the consulting firm Linksbridge.Linksbridge: Meet the Team
Publications Jane Barry's recent published works include: A Bridge Too Far: Aid Agencies and the Military in Humanitarian Response (2002) Iraq: war, law and humanitarian protection Overseas Development Institute website Rising up in Response (2005)Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights UN invitationUN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS) Civil Society Observer What's the Point of the Revolution if We Can't Dance? (2007) Insiste, Persiste, Resiste, Existe (2008)
References
External links Commentary on and reviews of Jane Barry's writing Giving voice to silent emergencies Voices of Solidarity : International Women Activists Share their Perspective on the Katrina Disaster Kosovar Women's Voice The Rory Peck Trust Free Lens PeaceWomen Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) UN Non-governmental Liaison Service The New Humanitarians: A Review of Trends in International Humanitarian Action Bainbridge Public Library | Jane Barry