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Nicole Farkouh and the Uterine Prolapse Alliance (UPA)
Nicole Farkouh is thrilled to return to Nepal this summer as a fellow with Nepal’s Uterine Prolapse Alliance. Nicole was a Fellow last summer in Nepal with COCAP, another AP partner, and extended her fellowship throughout the fall, staying in Nepal to help support the Constitutional Assembly Election (originally scheduled for last November and finally held in April). Read Nicole's blog from her 2007 Fellowship!
Nicole came to the Advocacy Project from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley where she is completing a Master of Public Policy degree. Nicole spent this past semester conducting an extensive analysis of many facets of involved in bringing attention to and dealing with Nepal’s Uterine Prolapse crisis.
Nicole graduated from Smith College with a BA in cultural anthropology and holds a Master of Education from the University of New Orleans. Her professional background is in education where she has worked as a teacher, administrator and consultant. Nicole is also a certified community mediator and an avid hula-hooper and salsa dancer.
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