At Sciences Po, I did my Master's in Human Rights, and for me, gaining in-depth knowledge of gender-specific harms is essential to apply an intersectional lens to human rights issues and fully ensure the protection of all people, especially the most vulnerable. As I studied different human rights mechanisms, I realised that many of them are still gender-blind, overlooking the specific experiences of women and girls, and, at times, even reinforcing existing inequalities. I focused particularly on business and human rights, looking at the responsibility of companies to prevent human rights abuses throughout their supply chains. Women are over-concentrated in the lowest tiers of global supply chains, where the risks of exploitation and abuse are the highest. Yet many human rights due diligence processes fail to identify the harms that affect women specifically. Seeing this gap made me want to deepen my knowledge through the Advanced Certification in Gender Studies. I wanted to better understand how gender mainstreaming can make human rights policies and practices more effective and more inclusive, and to apply that perspective across different areas of human rights work.

A course that made a particular impression on me was "Reclaiming the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) Agenda: Practices for Inclusive Peace," taught by Mireia Cano Vinas.

Through real cases she had worked on, the professor gave us practical insight into the challenges of implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda beyond the theory. I, for instance, learned why women are still often excluded from peace and mediation processes, despite the evidence that their participation leads to more sustainable peace. I also gained a much better understanding of the practical tools and approaches that can help ensure women's meaningful and active participation in peacebuilding and decision-making which is so relevant to go beyond token participation that remains overly common in various areas of human rights.

After completing my current apprenticeship at Chanel, where I work with the Human Rights Expert in the Sustainability team, I look forward to continuing to work in the field of corporate social responsibility and human rights. I am particularly interested in the evolving regulatory landscape at the EU level and would like to contribute to this work, whether within an EU institution or a non-governmental organization.