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I am the Founder and Executive Director of Equidem Research Nepal, a human rights and labour rights research organization. I have been managing Equidem's work in Nepal, including research team as well as field researchers in Nepal and in other countries including the Gulf. In addition, I am working as the South Asia Director of Equidem, a human rights and labour rights charity (headquartered in London) which works globally and locally. I do coordinate Equidem's work across the South Asia.
I have worked in the field of human rights for over two decades in different roles including Amnesty International’s longest serving Director in Nepal before leaving to join Equidem in late 2016. I have in-depth experience of working on research, campaign, advocacy and capacity building on labour rights and human rights over the period, of which, over 16 years of my experience is on protection of rights of the migrant workers. During this time, I have either been part of or led a number of research projects in Nepal and abroad (Malaysia and GCC countries) documenting the exploitation, forced labour and trafficking of migrant workers during their migration cycle. In addition, I have designed and implemented a number of projects on protection of rights of the migrant workers. I have in-depth knowledge and experience of evaluating implementation of various projects.
I have a Master's Degree in Economics (in 1996) from the Department Humanities and Social Science at Tribhuvan University, Nepal and I also have an additional degree of Bachelors in Commerce and Business Studies from Tribhuvan University (in 1995).

2018: Dr. phil. in Sociology, University of Hanover /
2007 - 2008: M. Sc. in Public Policy and Human Development, Maastricht University /
2004 - 2007: B.A. and Laurea Triennale (modern languages, cultural science, political science, and economics), Universities of Bonn and Florence

My research area focuses on anthropology of migration, in particular forced migration, gender studies and media studies. Area focus: Asia and Europe

Huyen Nguyen is an interdisciplinary researcher with primary research interests in natural language processing, applied econometrics, and the economics of discrimination. Her research combines natural language processing tools, survey experiments, and micro-econometric techniques to understand differences in competitive speech behavior and how they translate into varying perceptions of credibility across social groups.

Hien Thi Nguyen is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ECU Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University. Her current research focuses on four areas: migration and diversity; ageing across the life course; social frailty and wellbeing; and gender and development. Hien uses social science perspectives and methodologies to support creative and caring professions. This approach is targeted at the development of a social care research agenda for the aged care sector to facilitate collaborative communities of care that extend people’s support networks at every age, with a particular focus on: (i) Social and Cultural Care; (ii) Diverse and Migrant Communities; (iii) Music and Arts Engagement; and (iv) Digital Ageing and Inclusion.

Hien is a member of the TRACS Migration Research Network at ECU to support an active program of national and international collaborations. Hien is also the Project Manager of The Decentering Migration Knowledge (DEMIKNOW) Project, which brings together four research entities in Canada, India, China and Australia.