Harriet Allan

My name is Harriet, I am from the UK, and I studied International Relations and Spanish at the University of St Andrews, with a semester at the University of Santiago de Compostela. My undergraduate dissertation focused on the use of enforced disappearance as a tool of repression in Chile and Argentina during the Cold War. I travelled to Peru during my studies to complete an internship at the Women’s Emergency Centre in San Jerónimo in Cusco, Peru, supporting women and children who had suffered domestic abuse access free legal, financial, and psychological support. At the LAC, I am looking forward to broadening my knowledge of Latin American international relations, Andean politics, and deepening my understanding of present-day human rights abuses.