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| 15 Dec 2017 | |
| Alumnae Profiles |
After completing most of her Economics (Social Sciences)/ Law degrees at the University of Sydney, Edwina nished her university education at the University of Washington, Seattle.
On her return to Australia, Edwina joined international law rm Allens Linklaters, working across mergers and acquisitions and commercial litigation.
Edwina was seconded from Allens to The Adara Group, an international development organisation. While Senior Counsel at Adara, Edwina worked on health and education projects in Uganda and Nepal. This work cemented her desire to work in foreign policy and international relations, and in 2011 Edwina moved to the Department of Foreign A airs and Trade in Canberra.Between 2013 – 2016 Edwina was posted as a diplomat to the Australian High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and also accredited to the Maldives. In Sri Lanka she worked on human rights, post-con ict reconciliation and transitional justice and transnational crime, and monitored Sri Lankan and Maldivian foreign policy. Now back in Canberra, Edwina is looking forward to her next overseas posting and hopes to one day represent Australia at the United Nations.