Technical writing
Elizabeth is an experienced and sought-after technical author, and has written on a wide range of development and humanitarian subjects. Publication types with examples include:
- Policy briefs: E.g., budget briefs to support public finance for children, and briefing paper on social and emotional learning and skills in primary education;
- Case studies and lessons learned: E.g., on real-time monitoring of localized data in health and nutrition, and the humanitarian response to Cyclone Idai;
- Human interest stories: E.g., on individuals campaigning to end child marriage in Amhara, Ethiopia.
- Situation Analyses (SitAns): E.g., on women and children in South Sudan;
- Research papers and research paper summaries: E.g., on COVID-19 in Africa, and 30 years of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. This may include lifting a dense, inaccessible research publication and adding a user-friendly executive summary.
- Literature reviews: E.g., to support an evaluation or policy evidence base, such as on girls in conflict with the law in Uganda;
- Evaluation reports: E.g., on the African Union campaign to end child marriage in Africa, and a synthesis of UNICEF gender programmatic reviews in Eastern and Southern Africa.
- Government roadmaps and policy summaries: E.g., on child marriage for the Government of Ethiopia, and justice for children for the Government of Ghana.
- Programmatic briefs and pocket guides: E.g., on gender integration in UNICEF programming.
- Opinion Pieces and Speeches: E.g., on civil registration in Africa.
- Toolkits: E.g., a communications toolkit on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) national VAC surveys.
- Poetry.
