Jo Baker is an independent researcher and writer, with a focus on social exclusion, conflict and gender. She has a background in policy, advocacy and journalism - particularly in Asia, having worked with the Asian Human Rights Commission for three years and lived in the region for much of her life. She holds an MA (Distinction) in Human Rights Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and is currently consulting with UN Women, in New York. Jo has been published in over thirty newspapers, online portals and journals, from TIME to the World Politics Review, and has worked recently with the Cairo Institute on Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the International Crisis Group and the Helen Bamber Foundation. She will publish a policy paper with the International Service for Human Rights, early this year. Other recently published work can be found here. Jo writes for pleasure, and has also been published extensively on international design, architecture and travel. Please see About for a full biography and list of publications.