Jenny leads BSR’s human rights team and portfolio across consulting and collaboration. In addition to directing BSR’s Human Rights Working Group, Jenny leads human rights assessments and partners with companies to develop human rights strategies and stakeholder engagement plans. She works across industries with a focus on energy, technology, and conflict-affected and high-risk contexts.
Prior to joining BSR, Jenny worked at Mercy Corps for over a decade in field management and advisory roles to prevent and mitigate conflict, promote inclusive economic development, and build civil society capacity. As the organization’s first Peace and Governance Director in Myanmar and later as the Director of the Peace and Conflict technical advisory team, she designed and implemented programs to reduce violence, promote peace and development, and address critical and emerging threats like climate change, disruptive technology, and poor governance. She has experience in context analysis, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, project design and implementation, and strategic planning. Jenny has lived and worked in countries including Myanmar, Indonesia, Nepal, Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Central African Republic, and Cameroon.
Jenny holds a MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a BA in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Insights From Jenny Vaughan
- Top 10 Human Rights Priorities for the Automotive Sector / August 28, 2024 / Primers
- Responsible Innovation in the Automotive Industry / August 28, 2024 / Blog
- Making Connections Across Professions / September 27, 2023 / Blog
- Human Rights Due Diligence of Meta’s Impacts in Israel and Palestine in May 2021 / September 22, 2022 / Blog
- Human Rights in the Healthcare Sector: Current State of Play / June 2, 2022 / Blog
- Addressing Human Rights Risks in Renewable Energy Supply Chains / May 25, 2022 / Blog
- The Future of Business and Human Rights / December 10, 2021 / Blog
- Human Rights Assessments: Identifying Risks, Informing Strategy / December 9, 2021 / Reports
- Business in Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Contexts / November 2, 2021 / Reports
- The Shared Opportunity to Promote: A Second-Decade Priority for the UNGPs / June 22, 2021 / Reports
- The Next Decade of Business and Human Rights / June 22, 2021 / Reports
- UNGPs’ 10th Anniversary: The Next Decade of Business and Human Rights / June 22, 2021 / Blog
- How Business Should Respond to the Coup in Myanmar / February 24, 2021 / Blog
- Looking Ahead to the Next Decade of Business and Human Rights / February 3, 2021 / Blog
- Seven Questions to Determine a Company’s Connections to Human Rights Abuses / January 7, 2021 / Blog
- COVID-19 and Beyond: Technology, Responsible Decision Making, and Public Health Emergencies / December 15, 2020 / Blog
- Decisions, Decisions, Decisions. / December 15, 2020 / Reports
- Four Features of Effective Human Rights Due Diligence / October 27, 2020 / Blog
- How Healthcare Companies Can Meet the Moment and Respect Human Rights / September 4, 2020 / Blog
- A Human Rights-Based Approach to COVID-19 Decision-Making / June 11, 2020 / Blog
- COVID-19: A Rapid Human Rights Due Diligence Tool for Companies / March 30, 2020 / Blog
- Respecting Human Rights While Protecting Public Health / March 13, 2020 / Blog
- Human Rights Day 2019: BSR Reflections on the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights / December 10, 2019 / Blog
- Can Corruption in Your Value Chain Lead to Complicity in Gross Human Rights Abuses? / November 21, 2019 / Blog
- Human Rights in a Global Supply Chain: Challenges and Approaches / October 25, 2019 / Blog
- Human Rights Insights: Trends from the Human Rights Working Group’s Summer Meeting / October 25, 2019 / Reports
- How Business Can Impact Human Rights: Four Lessons from Peacebuilding and Development / July 11, 2019 / Blog