Kate Gilmore (born 1958) is an Australian human rights activist and Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations.

Education

Gilmore studied at

Stirling Theological College Stirling Theological College is a former Australian Christian theological college located in Mulgrave, a south eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. History The college was established in 1907 in Carlton, Victoria, by H. G. Harward as the Col ...

and it was initially claimed by OHCHR that she holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New England and postgraduate degrees in social work from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

and community development from

RMIT RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scienc ...

. This biography was changed following discovery by UN whistle-blowers that Gilmore does not in fact hold postgraduate degrees. The UN has yet to publicly correct the press releases issued upon her appointment.

Career

Gilmore worked in a range of public sector and

NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

positions. These include CEO of Broadmeadows Community Health Service (1992-1993) and manager of community care in the Royal Women's Hospital Australia (1993-1996) where she established Australia's first Centre Against Sexual Assault and helped establish the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House). For Amnesty she was national director of

Amnesty International Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...

Australia (1996-2000) and executive deputy secretary general of Amnesty International (2000-2010). At the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

, Gilmore became assistant secretary-general and deputy executive director (programme) of the

United Nations Population Fund The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. Its work includes developing national healthcare strategies ...

in 2012 and in 2015 deputy high commissioner for human rights. In this role she is accountable to the high commissioner, currently Michelle Bachelet. Gilmore has been engaged in issues in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

human rights violations Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hum ...

and assisting the Iraq government. She serves as a co-chair, along with Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, of Every Woman Every Child EveryWhere

References

Australian officials of the United Nations Amnesty International people Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Australian public servants 1958 births University of Melbourne alumni University of New England (Australia) alumni People educated at Mac.Robertson Girls' High School {{UN-bio-stub