Turkey Works: Job and Refugees

turkey works: Goddard, formerly of Saint John, lives in Turkey and works for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees, according to CBC. She said their work is to ensure refugee rights are respected by governments. "That refugees have access to services they need — they have shelter, their human rights are respected, they have access to education, health. "So working with governments, working with NGOs, other governmental agencies to make sure refugees can access protection, we mean their respective rights, what they need, so it that." Goddard described her job as being multi-faceted. Brenda Goddard says it was a fluke that led her to her job as a refugee protection officer but it is one she enjoys. She said the job entails being able to do some legal work, creating and maintaining relationships with government, capacity building, having NGO partners able to respond to refugees needs. "That identifying people in need, unaccompanied kids on the move, women at risk." Life in Russia Goddard studied law at the University of New Brunswick and also took Russian and Soviet studies. Brenda Goddard is from Saint John and now lives in Turkey. "I wanted to work in the human rights field and it was just a fluke the high commissioner for refugees was looking for a lawyer to help with asylum claims." Goddard said she put her application in for the job and got a call a few months later asking if she wanted to work for them. After graduating with a masters, she moved to Russia thinking she would quickly land a job with a Russian law firm but that didn't happen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.