Henrik Haggstrom

Education 

Masters Degree in Political Science

From the University of political studies in

Bordeaux, France.

Bachelor degree in Political Science and Economics

from the University of Lund

Professional Background

Program Officer at the UN Office of the Special Representative

on Children and Armed Conflict. Acting head of the out reach/

advocacy unit and responsible for the development of new

monitoring and reporting mechanisms on violations of children

in armed conflict.

Program Director

Save the Children Sweden in Ethiopia, responsible for

programs on refugee children, Internally displaced children

and child soldiers, in addition to programs on Education and

HIV/Aids.

Head of Advocacy - Save the Children Sweden, Stockholm.

Chair of the International Save the Children Alliance joint advocacy

Group in London. Responsible for the strategic promotion of child

Rights policy issues within the UN system and other regional government

Organizations.

Project Manager, Child soldiers project. Responsible for DDR programs in east and West Africa and for the lobbying of the UN CRC optional protocol on children in armed conflict.

Founder and steering committee member of the Internal Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers.-

Consultant working for YMCA and the Norwegian Association for Disabled in the West bank and Gaza.

Journalist for various new papers and magazines in Sweden, Agence France Presse and the Financial Times

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