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Una Murray

Visiting Lecturer

Office: 10 Upper Newcastle Road
Email: una.murraynuigalway.ie

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Dr. Una Murray is a part-time Lecturer and an International Development Consultant. Since 1995, Dr. Murray has been providing consultancy services for a range of international development agencies, particularly amongst the specialised agencies of the United Nations (e.g. ILO, FAO, UNICEF etc). In addition to NUI Galway, Dr. Murray also lectures on international development in UCC, NUI Maynooth, MIC Limerick and has lectures for UCC in two universities in Ethiopia.

Dr. Murray’s research interests and work ranges from development policy processes to mainstreaming issues in development institutions, to facilitation in farmer field school initiatives. Key areas of specialisation include: gender analysis, gender mainstreaming, gender audits, rural development, child labour, project monitoring and evaluation, microfinance and small enterprise development in rural areas. In recent years, Dr. Murray has undertaken many evaluations of programmes, including those focused on UN inter-agency work and joint donor programmes. Dr. Murray also develops training programmes for UN staff and project staff, and is an experienced facilitator. Dr. Murray has worked in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana, Laos, Iran, Thailand, Sri Lanka, The Philippines and central Europe. Outside the university sector, Dr. Murray has worked as a consultant for Irish Aid, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN in Vienna, UNICEF, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNCTAD, the EC, The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the International Federation of the Red Cross, The Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence, Trócaire, Dtalk, Comhámh.

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