Alison Symington
Senior Policy Analyst

Alison joined the Legal Network staff in September 2007.

Previously, she was Manager of Research with the Toronto-based Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), working on issues of human rights accountability, international trade and aid policy, and poverty eradication and collaborating with international human rights and gender equality advocates.

She has also served as a consultant for Amnesty International’s global Stop Violence Against Women campaign, and as an intern for the United Kingdom-based International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS).

Alison holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree (with a major in international development studies) from the University of Guelph, an LL.B. from the University of Toronto, and an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University.