President and CEO of the Women's Learning Partnership, Dr Azza Karam, will give a lecture at the International Insitute of Social Studies on 7 February 2024.
- Professor
- Date
- Wednesday 7 Feb 2024, 14:00 - 15:00
- Type
- Lecture
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
- Ticket information
Please register to attend the lecture and reception.
In her lecture, entitled '(Re)assessing intersections between religions, gender and conflicts', Dr Azza Karam will share her expertise on political Islam, gender and women's rights, human rights, democracy, conflict, peacemaking & education.
The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session and a reception with tea and coffee.
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About Azza Karam
Dr. Azza Karam is the President and CEO of the Women’s Learning Partnership; serves as a member of the United Nations’ Secretary General High Level Advisory Board on Multilateralism; and also as a Professor of Religion and Development at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). She is Secretary General Emerita of Religions for Peace International.
She served for nearly two decades in the United Nations (in UNDP and UNFPA), where she coordinated the Arab Human Development Reports, co-founded and chaired the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Religion - with over 20 UN system bodies - and founded and convened its Multi Faith Advisory Council, as part of the 750 global NGO database she coordinated. During her tenure at the United Nations, Azza was a Lead Facilitator, Coordinator and Coach, for a methodology she pioneered: peer to peer 'Strategic Learning Exchanges', on religion, development and diplomacy. Apart from the work in the United States, she has worked with other intergovernmental and international organizations such as the OSCE, the EU and International IDEA in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and East and Central Asia, where she created and managed global programmes on Women and Politics, Democracy and/In the Middle East, and Applied Research on Democracy.
She has lectured and taught in various universities, including West Point Military Academy (from 2002 to 2018). She has published widely, and was translated into several languages (on political Islam, gender and women’s rights, Human Rights, democracy, conflict, peacemaking and education).
She has received multiple awards, including for her work on/in the United Nations, as well as in/on Interfaith work and Culture. She was awarded an honorary Degree by John Cabot University in 2022. Born in Egypt, Azza is also a citizen of the Netherlands.
