Natasha Szach
Hi, my name is Natasha Szach and I'm really excited to be embarking in a new direction as a student of the NRI.
I graduated from the University of Winnipeg in 2009 with a four year international development and politics degree.
Throughout my undergrad, my primary research interest was gender, and
to this end I focused on prostitution and sex trafficking, women's
roles in environmental protection and the effects of conflict on women
in developing nations.
I have had some fantastic opportunities in the past few years to gain firsthand insight into some of my research interests.
In 2007, I did a practicum in Lviv, Ukraine at a women's aid
organization and learned a great deal about the sex trade and the
problem of domestic violence in Eastern Europe. I also
spent some time at a Lviv non-profit environmental group, researching
environmental legislation in European Union countries and former Soviet
states. This past year I was an intern at the Manitoba
Legislative Assembly and learned more about the legislative process
than I ever could have from years in a classroom.
Now, I look forward to a new area of research: food security.
I am hoping to examine the effects of food insecurity on maternal
health in First Nations communities and identify ways to overcome
challenges.
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