Sarah Chynoweth, Program Manager, Reproductive Health program

Sarah Chynoweth has been the Reproductive Health Program Manager at the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children since 2005. From 2003 to 2004 she was a program specialist/intern in that program. She holds a Master of Arts in Human Rights, focusing on women’s health, from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Sarah is the cofounder of a small nongovernmental organization, Circle of Health International (COHI), which provides reproductive health services in resource poor settings. In addition, she directed COHI’s Tibet project, in which she conceptualized, designed, implemented and managed culturally appropriate maternal and child health trainings for nomadic women and girls in rural Tibet. Her professional experiences include health and gender-related projects in Sudan, Tibet/China, Jordan, Palestine/Israel, Nepal, Thailand, Romania, Malta and Germany. Sarah is a certified carpenter, speaks rudimentary Tibetan and is originally from Germany.

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