http://blog.worldhumanitariansummit.org Help reshape aid Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:07:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.1 http://blog.worldhumanitariansummit.org/jemilah-mahmood-2/ http://blog.worldhumanitariansummit.org/jemilah-mahmood-2/#respond Mon, 23 May 2016 18:48:21 +0000 http://blog.worldhumanitariansummit.org/?p=464 Dr Jemilah Mahmood began in her role as Under Secretary General for Partnerships at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in January 2016. Before joining the IFRC, she was the Chief of the World Humanitarian Summit secretariat at the United Nations in New York. She is well known as the founder of MERCY Malaysia, which she led from 1999-2009. Dr Mahmood has held many Board positions in NGOs and INGOs and is the recipient of numerous national and international awards for her contribution to civil society and work in support of marginalized communities.

]]> http://blog.worldhumanitariansummit.org/jemilah-mahmood-2/feed/ 0 http://blog.worldhumanitariansummit.org/jemilah-mahmood/ http://blog.worldhumanitariansummit.org/jemilah-mahmood/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:46:25 +0000 http://blog.worldhumanitariansummit.org/?p=22 Dr. Jemilah Mahmood is the Chief of the World Humanitarian Summit Secretariat and has more than 15 years of experience working in disaster affected countries. She was the Chief of Humanitarian Response at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in New York from 2011-2009, and from 2013-2011 was concurrently a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Humanitarian Futures Programme at King’s Policy Institute, King’s College London, and worked on private sector and military roles in disasters as well as engagement with a diverse set of humanitarian actors. She is also a medical physician and the founder of MERCY Malaysia, one of the most successful humanitarian organizations from the global south, leading it for a decade. Dr. Mahmood has worked closely with regional organizations, particularly ASEAN, and has been an active member of several humanitarian international boards.

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