Ben Gates

Local Engagement, Action and Dialogue (LEAD) Program Manager

Region: Southeast Asia

Ben has worked since 2012 in the human rights and humanitarian response fields. He has several years of experience in South East Asia, having worked with a number of civil society organisations from Myanmar, and has undertaken program management, organisational development, research into human rights violations and the production of human rights advocacy materials, including media releases and research papers. He has subsequently worked with humanitarian aid organisations in Palestine and South Sudan, with a focus on community-based protection within emergency response programming. Ben has previously achieved an M.A. in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response.