Rosalind Marsden

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Her Majesty's Ambassador to Sudan, Dr Rosalind Marsden, attended the launch of the "Southern Sudan Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration" (DDR) programme in Juba on 10 June 2009. The UK has donated PS20 million to this process, the largest of its kind in the world. Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration programme in Sudan (3616851660).jpg
Her Majesty's Ambassador to Sudan, Dr Rosalind Marsden, attended the launch of the "Southern Sudan Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration" (DDR) programme in Juba on 10 June 2009. The UK has donated £20 million to this process, the largest of its kind in the world.

Dame Rosalind Mary Marsden DCMG (born 1950) is a British diplomat and public servant. She was European Union Special Representative to Sudan from 2010 to 2013. [1] [2] Dame Rosalind is a Patron of the charity Kids for Kids, helping children in Darfur, Sudan. She is currently an Associate Fellow in the Africa Programme at Chatham House.

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She was educated at Woking County Grammar School for Girls, Somerville College, Oxford and St Antony's College, Oxford.

Background

In Kabul, she was a prominent supporter of the Afghan Woman's Hour, [3] a women's radio programme for the BBC World Service Trust, to be broadcast on World Service Radio.

Honours

Dr Marsden was appointed DCMG in the New Year Honours 2010. [4] She is also an Honorary Fellow, Somerville College, Oxford. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "UK Who's Who". A & C Black. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dame Rosalind Marsden". Chatham House. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Afghan Woman's Hour [ dead link ], BBC, UK.
  4. ↑ 2010 New Year Honours List, The Guardian , 2010.
  5. ↑ Honorary Fellows Archived 2010-05-03 at the Wayback Machine , Somerville College, University of Oxford, UK.
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