Matheus Sousa Marques
BRAZILIAN, SINGLE, 28 YEARS OLD
+55 (21) 99885-8950
SOUSAMARQUES94@GMAIL.COM
EDUCATION
(2018 - 2020) Master's degree in International Relations / Universidade do Estado do Rio de
Janeiro.
(2013 - 2017) Bachelor's degree in International Relations / Universidade Federal Fluminense.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(2022) Protection Assistant / Cáritas RJ - Responsible for assisting the
migrant/refugee/asylum seeker population in Rio de Janeiro in their migration regularization
processes, conducting interviews, preparing legal drafts on the cases and providing all the
necessary information, as well as various legal guidelines and referrals.
(2021) Project Clerk / International Organization for Migration - Responsible for managing
protection cases identified within the Organization's projects, working directly to assist the
vulnerable migrant population in the Amazon region, in cooperation with local protection
networks.
(2018 – 2020) Researcher / CAPES - Responsible for the development of a research on the
Venezuelan migratory flow to Brazil.
(2017 - 2018) Institutional Fundraiser / Doctors Without Borders Brazil - Working directly
with potential new partners for the organization.
(2016 - 2017) Research Assistant / Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation - Responsible for the
development of a research on Internal Displacement in Colombia.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
ENGLISH – Advanced.
FRENCH – Intermediate.
SPANISH – Advanced.
Microsoft Office Suite – Advanced.
Google Office Suite - Advanced.
VOLUNTARY WORK
(2015) Brazilian Red Cross - Volunteer at the Family Reunion Integration Service.
(2019-2020) Cáritas Rio de janeiro - Volunteer at the Refugee Assistance Program.
(2020) Brazilian Federal Public Defender's office - Volunteer at the International Migration
Division.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES
(2021) Camp Coordination and Camp Management / CCCM Cluster.
(2021) Counter Trafficking in Humanitarian Settings / IOM.
(2020) Project Management Applied to the Public and Private Sector in Latin America /
Getúlio Vargas Foundation and the Development Bank of Latin America.
(2020) Global Migration Context and Migratory Flows in Latin America / IOM.
(2020) Human Rights: A tool for change / Amnesty International.
(2020) Refugees in the 21st century / University of London.
(2020) Migration and Human Rights / Columbia University.
WORK REFERENCES
Larissa Getirana - Protection Coordinator of the Assistance Program for Refugees and
Asylum Seekers - protecao@caritas-rj.org.br
Charles Pontes Gomes - Coordinator of the Center for Studies in Law, Migration Policies and
Refugee of the Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation - cpgomes@yahoo.com
Jaqueline Almeida - Coordinator of the Manaus Office of the International Organization for
Migration - jaalmeida@iom.int
Cláudio Silveira - Professor and Master's Advisor of the Graduate Program in International
Relations of the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - ccsil@yahoo.com