Senior Research Consultant Cécile Fanton d’Andon began her work with the CPC Learning Network in 2015 as a part of the COMPASS (Creating Opportunities through Mentoring, Parental Involvement, and Safe Spaces) project in DRC and Ethiopia, seeking to improve the prevention and response to violence against adolescent girls in humanitarian settings. With her expertise in research in complex settings, Cécile has since moved on to lead CPC’s involvement with the Partnership Against Child Exploitation (PACE) program and support various other CPC projects including the initiative to improve the World Bank’s ability to prevent and respond to child sexual exploitation and abuse. With 10+ years of experience in impact evaluations of development and humanitarian programs in 11 countries, Cécile is passionate about asking questions and sees science as the art of getting as close as possible to reality in a constant attempt to better capture the complex nature of human lives/situations/contexts. She is always questioning the relevance of any given research approach and the appropriateness of the information we collect to better understand the world around us. Cécile focuses on using quantitative research for evaluation particularly in the fields of adolescent wellbeing, girl’s empowerment, and child exploitation. Cécile has a diploma in Statistics from the French Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE), a Master of Economics from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics of the Pompeu Fabra, and a Master of Economics and Public Policy from Sciences Po in Paris. When she’s not asking the tough questions and pursuing rigorous research, Cécile enjoys several diverse activities including drawing, dancing, speaking foreign languages, and practicing fun- yet sometimes dangerous- outdoor sports. Even outside of work, Cécile loves to hear people’s stories and is fascinated by how unique we all are, while sharing so much of our humanity.
