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Since June 2010, Mr. Alexander has been serving as Director ad interim of IRC in Florence.

Between 2001-2010 Gordon was Senior Adviser for economic and social policy in UNICEF’s Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Prior to moving this, he held leadership positions in the UN system in India, where he served as Senior Country Programme Adviser for the UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and Deputy Director for Programmes.

He had previously served with UNICEF in Hanoi, Vietnam and Kabul, Afghanistan.

Mr. Alexander is a national of the United Kingdom.

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A Crisis for Children?

(4) Comments | Posted 10 April 2013 | (00:00)

A decade of progress in improving the lives of disadvantaged children in industrialised countries is at risk of being lost unless governments take a more child-centric approach to policy-making and pay greater heed to the voices of young people.

Well intentioned attempts to avoid burdening future generations with the fall-out...

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The New Cost of Childhood

(2) Comments | Posted 29 May 2012 | (12:35)

The long-term future of Europe's youngest citizens risks being ignored as governments battle to keep their heads above water in the current economic storm.

The urgency of this financial crisis has meant that some countries are being forced to put aside their long-term goals - and with it their children's...

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