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Marcella, Italy

UN Human rights specialist
French-Cameroonian partner
Mother of two girls, ages 8 and 6-years-old

“I moved to Geneva in order to put the children to a safe environment. We were both working at the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo when my first daughter was born. It never crossed my mind to give up my job or even change it. It was more a question of finding a reliable nanny and making sure the baby didn’t contract malaria... but when the fighting broke out
in Kinshasa, as a parent, I came to realise I could no longer work there. Coming here meant that we are now living in two different places, as my husband stayed in Congo. It was not the original plan, we were supposed
to find jobs in the same place, but it is taking longer than expected.”

Geneva, May 2014

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Marcella, Italy<br />
<br />
UN Human rights specialist<br />
French-Cameroonian partner<br />
Mother of two girls, ages 8 and 6-years-old<br />
<br />
“I moved to Geneva in order to put the children to a safe environment. We were both working at the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo when my first daughter was born. It never crossed my mind to give up my job or even change it. It was more a question of finding a reliable nanny and making sure the baby didn’t contract malaria... but when the fighting broke out <br />
in Kinshasa, as a parent, I came to realise I could no longer work there. Coming here meant that we are now living in two different places, as my husband stayed in Congo. It was not the original plan, we were supposed <br />
to find jobs in the same place, but it is taking longer than expected.”<br />
<br />
Geneva, May 2014