Vix Anderton, International Citizen Service team leader

Vix Anderton volunteered as an International Citizen Service Entrepreneur team leader in Bangladesh from January - May 2015.

A former Royal Air Force officer, Vix is now working as an independent gender and security consultant in London.

Diary of an ICS volunteer: host families, hard work and hot chai

Vix Anderton, International Citizen Service team leader, 12 August 2015 - Asia, Development Debates, Economic Development, Girls & Women, International Citizen Service

Romana was a young girl when her family told her she was getting married. This is not unusual in Bangladesh; according to UNICEF, nearly two-thirds of girls are married before the age of 18 and more than a quarter of …

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