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Claire Leigh is Co-Chair of the Labour Campaign for International Development. In her professional life she is an advisor on aid effectiveness, statebuilding and governance, focused on the developing world and with a particular interest in post-conflict states. Since 2011 she has been a Research Fellow at ODI (the Overseas Development Institute), where she leads a programme of support to the g7+ Group of Fragile States. Before joining ODI, Claire worked as an advisor to the Presidents of Liberia and Rwanda on behalf of Tony Blair's Africa Governance Initiative.   Â
Prior to working in international development, Claire was a Senior Policy Advisor in the Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Strategy Unit. She has also worked for the Foreign Office and for UNICEF in New York.   Â
Outside of work, Claire is a committed activist on women’s rights and social justice. She is on the committee of the Fabian Women’s Network and was until recently Vice-Chair of the Young Fabians. Claire is also a local Labour Party activist and is Chair of Tonbridge and Malling CLP.   Claire has an MPhil in Politics and International Relations from the University of Oxford and a BA in History from the University of Cambridge.
Subjects: Defence, Equalities (Women), Foreign Policy, International Development, Labour Party (AWS & Positive Action), Young People
Regions: East of England, East Midlands, London, South East