Judith Reen is an Education Specialist who is providing technical support to the National Department of Education in coordinating the Papua New Guinea COVID-19 Education in Emergencies Response and Recovery Plan (EERRP), funded by the Australian High Commission and the Global Partnership for Education. She has extensive experience in providing technical support in the education sector covering emergency response, teacher capacity building as well as refugee and gender programs in countries such as Afghanistan, Maldives, Nauru and Chile. More recently she administered a portfolio of 19 education and domestic violence services for remote Aboriginal communities in Australia, including managing COVID-19 preparedness, response and recovery.