Alina Potts

Alina Potts is a Research Scientist at GWI, and Principal Investigator of the Empowered Aid project. Her research builds on her experience responding to gender-based violence in a number of humanitarian emergencies, with a focus on feminist, participatory research in humanitarian settings. She previously coordinated violence prevention research with UNICEF, and has over ten years’ experience as an aid worker, mostly with the International Rescue Committee where she led gender-based violence (GBV) programming as part of the emergency response team. Alina holds a BA in Anthropology and International Development and a Master's of Public Health in Forced Migration and Health, and enjoys teaching, training, and capacity-sharing with GBV responders and researchers.