I am Nerina Cevra and I work with Survivor Corps at Washington, DC office. I am originally from Bosnia and have fled the country because of the conflict in the 90s and found permanent residence in the US, with my family. I have worked with Survivor Corps since 2003. I began as an interpreter, and continued as an advocacy assistant and officer, working with Ramiz, Bekele and others at the negotiations for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I also conduct training sessions with survivor advocates on how to conduct rights-based advocacy for disability rights. 

I also work on the international level to promote survivor perspective on the rights-based assistance to survivors of conflict. The most satisfying part of my job is having an opportunity to spend time with survivors, whose resilience and enthusiasm is contagious, and makes the long hours sitting behind a desk in the dark office in Washington, DC easier to bear.

I’m sure we will learn much more about each other in the course of the leading up to and during Cartagena Summit, and I look forward to learning from you, as survivors (you) have always been an inspiring teacher.

October 09, 2009, 1:44pm   Comments