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June Kane appointed to BHF board

Dr June Kane AM

Ray Horsburgh -chairman of the Bill Hutchison Foundation - today announced the appointment of Dr June Kane to the BHF board. “It is great to add someone of June’s experience to the board,” Horsburgh said. “She has an outstanding resume and much of it relates to harm prevention which is what this foundation is all about.”

After a career in university teaching and journalism, June moved to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1992 as Director of Information for the International Red Cross.  Two years later she began working in an advisory capacity with United Nations agencies involved in humanitarian coordination and post-conflict reconstruction and was appointed by UNICEF as Spokesperson for the first and second World Congresses against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.

Since 1996, June has been a consultant to the International Labour Organization and UNICEF on issues related to child labour and exploitation, including child trafficking.

From 1996 to 2007 she was the European Commission’s Expert on Violence against Children, Young People and Women, and in 2007 was an advisor to the UN Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children.

In 2007 June was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her work in the international community.  She became an Australian and a Bombers supporter at the same time some 20 years ago.

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