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Global Humanitarian Webinar

16th February 11am-1pm GMT

Over the past decades, the humanitarian sector has been changing due to various global contexts,  which includes the emerging humanitarian actors as well as global pandemics such as the COVID-19.  In this, the aim of this seminar is to examine the global humanitarian system in a rapidly changing  world. Engaging with scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, this webinar invites global audiences to engage in a constructive dialogue to understand the past, examine the present, and establish a  vision for future.  

The International Humanitarian Affairs Programme of the Department of Health Sciences at  University of York promotes dialogue and debate among academic, policy, and practice communities  to constructively critique the existing global humanitarian system. This webinar aims to present  perspectives on how the global humanitarian system can transform itself to become relevant and  effective in a rapidly changing social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental contexts  globally.  

The webinar consists of brief presentations from leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners in the field of humanitarian affairs, followed by open discussion to help develop recommendations: .

Agenda

11.00-11.05

House Keeping and Ground Rules

11.05-11.15 Welcome, Dr Jo Rose, Programme Leader, MSc in International Humanitarian Affairs  
11.15-11.25 Current challenges and opportunities in localisation and future of global humanitarian affairs – First Keynote Speech

Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood

Professor and Director of the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health in Malaysia and Former Chief of the World Humanitarian Summit secretariat at the United Nations

11.25-11.30 Moderator question
11.30-11.40 South-South Solidarity in Humanitarian Responses: The Case of BRAC – Second Keynote Speech

Mr Kam Morshed

Senior Director, Advocacy for Social Change, Migration, Partnership Strengthening Unit, Social Innovation Lab, and Technology, BRAC, Bangladesh

11.40-11.45 Moderator question
11.45-12.00 Panel Discussion: What future do you see in global humanitarian system?

Dr Sara Ellithy, Humanitarian Practitioner, Middle East

Dr Tammam Aloudat, Managing Director, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute Geneva

Ms Zigwai Ayuba, National Expert Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Nigeria

12.00-12.30 Open for Q & A
12.30-12.45 Summary remarks
12.45-13.00 Vote of thanks
13.00 Close of Event

Speakers

Dr Jerome Wright, Chair of Event

Jerome is a UK nurse and academic based in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York where he lectures across undergraduate and postgraduate nursing and public health courses in a range of subject areas relating to mental health.

As a registered adult and mental health nurse, Jerome worked in number of hospital and community health care settings in the UK, including establishing a pioneering liaison mental health nursing service for people affected by HIV/AIDS.

As a member of the Mental Health and Addictions Research Group, Jerome’s research focuses upon people’s meanings and experiences of psychological distress with a particular interest in indigenous and traditional understandings, local expressions and help-seeking.  

Jerome has led a number of research and community health projects in Africa and South Asia, including winning Oxfam’s Susie Smith Memorial Prize for work with young people with HIV/AIDS in Malawi, and he has worked with partners in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan at integrating mental health care into non-communicable disease programmes.

Jerome collaborates with researchers and international NGOs on mental health and well-being initiatives across Africa, the Middle-East, South Asia and South-East Asia.

Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, Keynote speaker

 

Dr Mahmood is a medical professional with more than two decades experience managing crises in health, disasters and conflict settings. She is currently Professor and Director of the newly established Sunway Centre for Planetary Health in Malaysia. She is also the Pro-Chancellor of Herriot-Watt University Malaysia. She had been the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia on Public Health from April 2020-September 2021. She was also a member of the Government of Malaysia’s Economic Action Council, and currently on the Malaysian Climate Action Council and Consultative Council for Foreign Policy.

Her previous appointments include the Under Secretary General for Partnerships at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Chief of the World Humanitarian Summit secretariat at the United Nations, and Chief of the Humanitarian Response Branch at UNFPA. She is the founder of MERCY Malaysia a southern based international humanitarian organization.

Dr. Mahmood is currently on the board of the Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia and ALAM Foundation in Malaysia and is the first independent Chair of Oxfam International. In 2020, she was appointed a Senior Fellow of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Centre. She is the recipient of numerous national and international awards for her work including the Merdeka Award, Isa Humanitarian Award, Gandhi, Ikeda, Luther King Award for her contribution to peace, community development and humanitarian work.

Dr Mahmood graduated as a Doctor of Medicine (MD) has a Masters in Obstetrics & Gynaecology from the same university and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists United Kingdom. She also completed executive education at the International Management and Development Centre, IMD Lausanne.

Mr Kam Morshed, Keynote speaker

K A M Morshed, Senior Director, Advocacy, Innovation and Migration, BRAC

KAM Morshed, a Senior Director, leads the advocacy, innovation, and migration (AIM) cluster of BRAC, one of the largest anti-poverty organisations in the world. In addition to his programmatic roles, he facilitates engagements with external partners, including the government, non-government and multilateral/bilateral agencies, to advance the goal of a more networked BRAC.

Morshed, one of the first responders to the latest Rohingya refugee crisis of Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, regularly represents BRAC in various committees related to the Refugee crisis. He is a member of the National Bhasan Char steering committee responsible to ensure a safe, dignified and voluntary relocation of nearly 100,000 refugees to the southern inland island. He is also a member of the national committee to prevent child marriage.

Morshed is the elected vice-chair of the National Executive Body of the Federation of NGOs in Bangladesh, the largest platform of Bangladeshi non-government organisations and the secretarial focal point of the CSO Alliance, the umbrella body of civil society platforms.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kammorshed/ 

Dr Sara Ellithy, Panel member

Dr Sarah Ellithy is an Egyptian physician with over 10 years’ experience working in the humanitarian sector. She is a graduate of the MSc in International Humanitarian Affairs from University of York.

She has worked for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Egyptian Red Crescent, Action Against Hunger, Save the Children, and other humanitarian agencies.

She has experience in humanitarian advocacy, health programme management, and refugee and migration health.

Dr Tammam Aloudat, Panel member

Tammam Aloudat is the Managing Director of the Global Health Centre. He is a Syrian physician and humanitarian worker with 20 years of experience working with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) working in conflicts, natural disasters, forced displacement, and disease outbreaks both in projects and in the headquarters.

He has worked on issues ranging from medical standards and quality of care, humanitarian ethics, palliative care, to access to medicines.

He has engaged in the debate on decolonising aid and global health and co-founded Action to Decolonise Global Health (ActDGH).

Ms Zigwai Ayuba, Panel member

Zigwai Ayuba, is a development expert who has been making impacts in the humanitarian sector for over ten years in Nigeria. She has vast development experience in health, peace, livelihood and democracy/governance/policy strengthening in Nigeria. Zigwai, is a National expert adviser on conflict early warning and early response and social media at the centre for humanitarian dialogue. She has severed in the same organisation as a gender consultant which she joined in 2017.

She has vast experience working with the Federal Government of Nigeria. She is pursuing a doctorate degree in Development communication at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where she had obtained a Master of Arts in Development communication and a Bachelor of Arts in English and literary studies.

She is versatile, innovative, focused and determined at ensuring that she makes impact in her humanitarian sojourn. She is also passionate about mediation, dialogue and technology as the must sustainable approach towards resolving the ever evolving violent conflict across the world. She has worked on various international and local projects in Nigeria/Africa. She has various achievements in her kitting such as: Social media agreement, various research documentaries, among others.

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