Jem Stevens is a graduate in law with a master’s degree in human rights and democratisation. Before becoming the APT’s Asia-Pacific Program Officer in 2009, she worked as a Human Rights Officer with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal. She has also worked for a number of human rights and non-profit organisations in Japan, including as part of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Scholarship programme. She speaks fluent English and Japanese and good French.