Bringing digital humanitarianism to the World Humanitarian Summit

We need a platform to bring crisis mappers and humanitarian/development actors together to have meaningful discussions on how we can get the best of both worlds.

– Jemilah Mahmood, chief of the World Humanitarian Summit secretariat

In November 2014 Jemilah Mahmood spoke at the International Conference of Crisis Mappers, one of the world’s leading humanitarian technology events.

The International Network of Crisis Mappers (crisismappers.net) gather and analyse social media data about crisis or disaster areas and produce crowdsourced maps to improve the humanitarian response. Their annual conference brings together humanitarian, human rights, development and media organizations with the world’s best technology companies, software developers and academics to leverage new innovative partnerships.

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Jemilah Mahmood

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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Jemilah Mahmood

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