Dr. Alaa Murabit is an award-winning global security strategist, women’s rights advocate, and medical doctor.
Her work has shaped policies in 193 countries and impacted the lives of billions.
Alaa is the Global Policy, Advocacy, and Communications Director at the Gates Foundation, a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Advocate, and a UN High-Level Commissioner on Health, Employment, and Economic Growth. She was most recently selected as a 2021 Harvard Radcliffe Fellow, and a 2022 Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum.
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Rather than resisting the securitization of climate, advocates and policymakers should be promoting the climatization of security. This means highlighting the shortcomings of current security frameworks and promoting gender inclusiveness and local leadership as holistic and long-term solutions for peace and sustainability.
The secret to inclusive societies: Women’s reproductive freedom
Defending reproductive rights nationally and internationally consequently creates a cycle of education, security, and prosperity, be it in resolving food security challenges, countering increasing polarization, or resolving domestic and cross-border conflicts peacefully. Decades of research show that when women are empowered, countries are more secure and more prosperous.
Around the world, violence disrupts schooling for some 80 million children, as students and their teachers become targets in conflict zones. With the frequency of attacks increasing, the international community must recommit to a global pledge made nearly two decades ago: education for all, everywhere
