The Hon. Nicola Dahrendorf was a British government and United Nations official, and an expert on sexual violence, human rights and security sector reform. She was head of humanitarian policy in UNICEF, the UN Special Advisor on sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has also served as Director of the Office for Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Director of the Conflict Security and Development Group at King's College, London, as the West Africa Regional Conflict Adviser to the British Government, and as the national security adviser to the UN administration in East Timor.