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Joanne Csete, Director of Programs
Ms. Csete is responsible for managing our Grantmaking, Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Assistance (META), and Advocacy Programs. She was previously the Executive Director of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, one of the world's leading organizations working on legal and human rights issues related to HIV/AIDS. Before that, she founded and directed the HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program at Human Rights Watch in New York, where she oversaw research and advocacy on a wide range of human rights violations related to the AIDS epidemic, including abuses suffered by children affected by HIV/AIDS. She also worked for UNICEF for over seven years, including as Chief of Policy and Programs at the UNICEF Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa.

She lived in sub-Saharan Africa for over ten years, working on a range of health and nutrition programs for children and women. She was also on the faculties of International Development Studies and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison for five years.

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