Jacqueline Pascarl

Biography

TOPICS: MC, HUMANITARIAN, MOTIVATIONAL

Jacqueline Pascarl has worked in radio and television, and as a documentary filmmaker… her work including the award-winning documentary “Empty Arms – Broken Hearts”. In 1995, she moved into the area of child literacy and established Operation Book Power in Kenya and South Africa. In 1998, she was appointed Special Ambassador for CARE International and worked as an emergency aid worker in the war zones of Bosnia, Kosovo and East Timor.

An internationally recognised expert on the Hague Convention and International Parental Child Abduction, Jacqueline has lectured at the US State Department, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the European Union and the Hong Kong Family Law Association. She was awarded the United Nations Special Commendation for the International Year of the Family, and received two recognition awards from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Jacqueline has been a high-profile international lobbyist on human rights and refugee issues and in recognition of her humanitarian work she was appointed to a new role as a patron of CARE International in January 2007.

Jacqueline is the author of the bestselling “Once I was a Princess” and has just released the sequel “Since I Was a Princess”. She has four children, and now lives in Melbourne, concentrating on her writing.

Jacqueline is a very polished madia performer (in both televison and radio) and is a passionate and inspiring speaker with a remarkable story.

Based in VIC – travels everywhere