Thursday, February 21, 2019

Who is Samah Hadid?

Samah Hadid is a global human rights campaigner, advocate and writer. Samah is a regular commentator on human rights and humanitarian issues particularly in the Middle East.

She is currently the Deputy Regional Director ( Campaigns) , Middle East at Amnesty International.

Most recently she was a Country Director for The Global Poverty Project, an international campaigning organization aimed at ending extreme poverty.

She has also advised international organizations and national governments on human rights issues, development policy and conflict resolution through her roles with the National Commission for UNESCO , a member of the UN Experts Meeting Group on Youth and Amnesty International's Diversity Steering Committee.

Samah has also worked throughout the Middle East and Africa in advocacy roles with feminist organization Nazra and Oxfam International.

She has previously completed a fellowship with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. As an adviser to the Australian Mission to the UN, she negotiated human rights resolutions at the UNGA in 2010 .

Samah has published regular op eds for The Guardian, News Limited and Fairfax publications, and has co authored several books including - The Future by Us and Future Chasers.

Samah has been named one of the top 100 Leaders of Tomorrow by the St Gallen Institute.

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