Jenny leads BSR’s human rights practice across consulting and collaboration.
Prior to joining BSR, Jenny worked at Mercy Corps for over a decade in both field management and advisory roles to better understand, prevent, and mitigate conflict. As the organization’s first Peace & Governance Director in Myanmar and later as the Director of the Peace & Conflict technical advisory team, she launched, built, and implemented programs that aimed to reduce violence, build the preconditions for peace and development, and address critical and emerging threats – from climate change and disruptive technology to poor governance and gender inequality. She has experience in context analysis, stakeholder engagement, mediation and negotiation, project design and implementation, and strategic planning. Jenny has lived and worked in countries including Myanmar, Indonesia, Nepal, Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Central African Republic, and Cameroon.
Jenny holds an M.A. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Insights From Jenny Vaughan
- How Business Should Respond to the Coup in Myanmar | Feb 24, 2021 | Blog
- Looking Ahead to the Next Decade of Business and Human Rights | Feb 3, 2021 | Blog
- Seven Questions to Determine a Company’s Connections to Human Rights Abuses | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog
- Decisions, Decisions, Decisions. | Dec 15, 2020 | Reports
- COVID-19 and Beyond: Technology, Responsible Decision Making, and Public Health Emergencies | Dec 15, 2020 | Blog
- Four Features of Effective Human Rights Due Diligence | Oct 27, 2020 | Blog
- How Healthcare Companies Can Meet the Moment and Respect Human Rights | Sep 4, 2020 | Blog
- A Human Rights-Based Approach to COVID-19 Decision-Making | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog
- COVID-19: A Rapid Human Rights Due Diligence Tool for Companies | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog
- Respecting Human Rights While Protecting Public Health | Mar 13, 2020 | Blog
- Human Rights Day 2019: BSR Reflections on the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights | Dec 10, 2019 | Blog
- Can Corruption in Your Value Chain Lead to Complicity in Gross Human Rights Abuses? | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog
- Human Rights Insights: Trends from the Human Rights Working Group’s Summer Meeting | Oct 25, 2019 | Reports
- Human Rights in a Global Supply Chain: Challenges and Approaches | Oct 25, 2019 | Blog
- How Business Can Impact Human Rights: Four Lessons from Peacebuilding and Development | Jul 11, 2019 | Blog