Allison J. Petrozziello

Global governance scholar specialized in gender and human rights-based approaches to the governance of migration and citizenship. Award-winning researcher and university instructor drawing on 15+ years of international research, teaching and development experience at multiple levels: grassroots, NGO, private firm, think tank, academia, international agencies, multilateral bank, and United Nations. Experience connecting research with policy practice to advance human rights of women, children, and migrants and to address concerns around identity documentation, civil registration, irregular migration, (non)citizenship, and statelessness. Contributor to recent expert consultations: UN Committees on Racial Discrimination and Migrant Workers; Special Rapporteur on violence against women; UNICEF/UN Committees on the Rights of the Child and Migrant Workers on child migrant protection; IDRC on civil registration; ILO on migrant workers’ rights. Regional specialization in Latin America & the Caribbean, fluent in English and Spanish.