Know Thy Friend: Jo Vallentine

Know Thy Friend: Jo Vallentine

Peter Jones, Tasmania Regional Meeting   Jo comes from a conservative farming background in the Western Australian wheat belt and attended a Catholic boarding school, but her outlook on life changed when she took up a career as a teacher and did some travelling....

Experiences at QUNO in Geneva

Aletia Dundas, New South Wales Regional Meeting Why go work at the UN? Before I left for Geneva, a friend asked me why I wanted to work with the United Nations (UN). It’s a good question. The UN is criticized for being too bureaucratic, for being a talk-fest and for...