email:
   escortel@up.edu.ph

Eleangel Dawn Cortel

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Research Areas:
Local Governance, Social Policy, Children and Youth Studies, Human Rights, Gender Studies, Development Studies, Disaster Risk Reduction-Climate Change Adaptation

Expertise:
Qualitative Research, Training Management and Facilitation, Event Organization, Documentation  

Short Bio:
Dawn obtained her Bachelor of Public Administration degree from the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), University of the Philippines. In 2020, she finished her Master of Arts in Development Studies, major in Human Rights, Gender and Conflict Studies (Social Justice Perspectives), with a specialization on Children and Youth Studies, at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS-EUR) in the Netherlands.

Dawn first joined the Center for Local and Regional Governance (CLRG) as a Research Associate in 2017, where she participated in research studies on social policy, civil society organization initiatives, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, and local governance. She was also involved in organizing, facilitating and documenting some of the Center’s training programs and activities. Dawn likewise worked in the Center for Policy and Executive Development (CPED), NCPAG, where she was involved in the conduct of research and client satisfaction survey, development of modules on regulatory impact assessment, as well as the organization and facilitation of training programs for national government agencies. Currently, Dawn works as a University Researcher in CLRG.

Recent Written Works:

A Rights-Based Approach to Juvenile Justice: Exploring the Diversion of Children in Conflict with the Law in the Philippines [unpublished master’s thesis] (2020). International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
 
Understanding Barangays in the Philippines: Mandates, Services, Issues and Areas for Reform (2020). In Local Matters: Experiences in Autonomy, Decentralization, and Beyond – A Book of Readings Volume 5. (with Raphael Montes, Jr. et. al.)
 
A whole new world for the PWDs of Carmona, Cavite: PDAO paving the way towards PWD empowerment, inclusion and self-sufficiency (2018). (with Lourdes Villar-Santos)
 
Meso-scale Insurance for Disaster Readiness and Recovery Project (2018). Policy brief. (with Erwin Alampay and Dennis Dela Torre)