TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
http://trainers.salto-youth.net/KarenPong/
I focus on a broad spectrum of topics: human rights, peace education, peace-building, conflict transformation/resolution /management, human trafficking/people smuggling, gender based-violence, migrants and refugees, discrimination, women's rights, intercultural learning, youth empowerment and capacity building.
Article 13 of UDHR rocks because I love to travel.
My motto: Sharing is Karen!
Karen Pong has 4 references for past work as a trainer.
Freelance Trainer
I have worked mostly internationally with young people in Council of Europe members and Euro-Med states, but I have organised local youth initiatives too, and not only with young people. I have successfully designed and implemented several international and local initiatives, and I have attended one evaluation meeting of a CoE youth project.
I currently work at Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity in Athens. I am the Education and Advocacy Officer as well as an in-house trainer in NFE and foreign languages. We work with second-generation migrants, migrants, asylum seekers and Greeks from under-privileged neighbourhoods. I design non-formal educational programs. We also cooperate with policy makers to improve and disseminate the social rights of migrants/refugees living in Greece.
I am a member of the international grassroots Network, Voices of Young Refugees in Europe (VYRE).
I have a double Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and International Economics with a minor in International Law, from the American University of Paris in France. I am very interested in youth work, human rights and human rights and peace education.
I integrated the Youth Peace Ambassadors project of the Council of Europe’s DYS in 2011. I gained skills in project management; to plan to implement and to evaluate youth projects (workshops, seminars, study session, training courses).
Through my youth work, I gained knowledge on human rights, awareness of contemporary human rights issues and dilemmas and ability to lead a debate over these issues, capacity to speak against human rights violation and how to advocate for human rights, knowledge on human rights education; improved competencies and knowledge of conflict transformation process, conflict management, conflict analysis, and peacebuilding; competencies in intercultural dialogue and intercultural learning competencies such as tolerance of ambiguity and empathy; and competencies in non-formal education and youth work such as development of network and partnerships, project management, facilitation in the work with young people.
ToT series in 2014, “Understanding and Working with Conflict” co-organised by UNOY that provided trainers/multipliers/potential trainers training and facilitation skills necessary to support communication processes in conflict contexts. Training of Trainers for Youth in the Council of Europe (TRAYCE 2015-2016).
These experiences have been extremely relevant for my work for the following reasons. First, they have given me the necessary exposure to acquire knowledge, skills and competencies indispensable for my work. Secondly, I thrive in multicultural settings, which is why I gained a significant amount of experience at the international level. Thirdly, I really enjoy working with young people. They inspire me, and through my work, I hope to inspire them too. Finally, my experiences have given me the opportunity to learn more about my work, to evolve in the field and to progress.
German, Spanish, Italian
This profile was last modified on 2017-11-09