Biography
Suzan Husseini is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Japan. Her doctoral research focuses on refugee-background students' integration and education pathways in Japan.
Ms Husseini is a Co-Delegate of EmPATHy, a youth organisation that includes Japanese students and people of refugee backgrounds with the aim of aiding forcibly displaced persons in Japan. She is also involved in Japan Bridge, a group that was initiated to support earthquake-affected families in Syria and Turkey and expanded its activities to advocacy in Japan.
Ms Husseini has over three years of experience working with international NGOs such as the Qatar Red Crescent and Global Communities. She also has nine years of experience as a translator, five years of experience working at the British Council, Japan, and is currently a project officer at Pathways Japan. Her work continues to bridge academic research with practical advocacy to support refugee empowerment through education.
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