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**Alaa Murabit** is a Lybian-Canadian physician based in [[united_states:massachusetts:Cambridge]], [[united_states:Massachusetts]]. She is an alternate member of the Board of Directors for [[gavi|Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance]] and Director of Global Policy, Advocacy & Communications at the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].((//Alaa Murabit.// (2021, December 1). Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20221007073226/https://www.gavi.org/governance/gavi-board/members/alaa-murabit)) ((//Alaa Murabit, M.D.// LinkedIn. Retrieved November 22, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaamurabit/)) | **Alaa Murabit** is a Libyan-Canadian physician based in [[united_states:massachusetts:Cambridge]], [[united_states:Massachusetts]]. She is an alternate member of the Board of Directors for [[gavi|Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance]] and Director of Global Policy, Advocacy & Communications at the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].((//Alaa Murabit.// (2021, December 1). Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20221007073226/https://www.gavi.org/governance/gavi-board/members/alaa-murabit)) ((//Alaa Murabit, M.D.// LinkedIn. Retrieved November 22, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaamurabit/)) |
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She is a medical doctor, global security strategist, women’s rights advocate, and member of the [[United Nations]] [[High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth]]. Murabit is one of 17 [[Sustainable Development Goal Advocates]] appointed by the UN Secretary-General and a 2020–2021 Fellow at the [[Harvard Radcliffe Institute]]. | She is a medical doctor, global security strategist, women’s rights advocate, and member of the [[United Nations]] [[High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth]]. Murabit is one of 17 [[Sustainable Development Goals Advocates]] appointed by the UN Secretary-General and a 2020–2021 Fellow at the [[Harvard Radcliffe Institute]]. |
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===== History ===== | ===== History ===== |
==== Career ==== | ==== Career ==== |
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Murabit founded [[Voice of Libyan Women]] in 2011, at the age of 21. She has been an Advisor to [[UN Women]]'s Global Civil Society Advisory Group since October 2014. She was a founding coalition member of the Everywoman, Everywhere initiative at [[Harvard University]], later renamed to the [[Every Woman Treaty]]. | Murabit founded [[:Voice of Libyan Women]] in 2011, at the age of 21. In July 2014 Murabit was appointed a member of the [[:United Nations]] [[1325 Advisory Board]], which monitors the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security. She has been an Advisor to UN Women's Global Civil Society Advisory Group since October 2014. She was a founding coalition member of the Everywoman, Everywhere initiative at [[:Harvard University]], later renamed to the [[:Every Woman Treaty]]. |
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In 2016, she became executive director of [[Phase Minus 1]], and later founded [[Co-Agency]], an accelerator for emerging women’s leadership in security, peacebuilding, and policy. She was an [[International Alert]] trustee from April 2016 to April 2019. | In 2016, she became executive director of [[:Phase Minus 1]], and later founded [[:Co-Agency]], an accelerator for emerging women’s leadership in security, peacebuilding, and policy. |
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Murabit is the recipient of more than 100 honors and awards, including the [[Canadian Meritorious Service Cross]], [[BBC]] 100 Women, [[Forbes 30 Under 30]], [[Nelson Mandela Changemaker Award]], and [[Harvard Law School]]’s Women Inspiring Change. She is an [[massachusetts_institute_of_technology:MIT Media Lab]] Director’s Fellow and an [[Ashoka]] Fellow, and she serves on the board of the [[Malala Fund]]. | She was an [[:International Alert]] trustee from April 2016 to April 2019. In 2017, she participated in the [[:Health Security Roundtable]] at the [[:Munich Security Conference]], co-hosted with the [[:Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] and [[Chatham House]].((//Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz 2017: Babagana Monguno and Alaa Murabit.// Munich Security Conference. Retrieved November 23, 2022, from https://archive.ph/eSCam)) |
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Murabit is an influencer for Deliver for Good, an initiative of [[Women Deliver]].((//Our Influencers.// Women Deliver. Retrieved November 23, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221123011038/https://womendeliver.org/deliver-for-good-old/our-influencers/)) In 2022, Murabit was selected as a [[world_economic_forum:forum_of_young_global_leaders|Young Global Leader]] by the [[World Economic Forum]]. | She has served as trustee for [[:Malaria No More]] and [[Keeping Children Safe]], and co-founded the [[:Omnis Institute]].((//Dr. Alaa Murabit.// (2018). Saskatchewan Council for International Development. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417110330/http://earthbeat.sk.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/10/files/2018/01/Alaa-Profile.pdf)) She was the keynote speaker for the 2022 [[:SCIC]] Global Citizen Awards hosted by the [[Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation]].((//2022 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alaa Murabit.// Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation. Retrieved November 23, 2022, from https://archive.ph/NVE83)) |
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She has served as trustee for [[Malaria No More]] and [[Keeping Children Safe]], and co-founded the [[Omnis Institute]].((//Dr. Alaa Murabit.// (2018). Saskatchewan Council for International Development. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417110330/http://earthbeat.sk.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/10/files/2018/01/Alaa-Profile.pdf)) | Murabit is the recipient of more than 100 honors and awards, including the [[:Canadian Meritorious Service Cross]], [[:BBC]] 100 Women, [[F:orbes 30 Under 30]], [[:Nelson Mandela Changemaker Award]], and [[:Harvard Law School]]’s Women Inspiring Change. She is an [[massachusetts_institute_of_technology:MIT Media Lab]] Director’s Fellow and an [[Ashoka]] Fellow, and she serves on the board of the [[Malala Fund]]. |
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| Murabit is an influencer for Deliver for Good, an initiative of [[:Women Deliver]].((//Our Influencers.// Women Deliver. Retrieved November 23, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221123011038/https://womendeliver.org/deliver-for-good-old/our-influencers/)) In 2022, Murabit was selected as a [[:world_economic_forum:forum_of_young_global_leaders|Young Global Leader]] by the [[:World Economic Forum]]. She participated as a speaker at the [[:One Young World]] Summit in September 2022.((//Interactive Stage Agenda.// (2022). One Young World. https://web.archive.org/web/20221123055509/https://www.oneyoungworld.com/sites/default/files/2022-08/Interactive%20Stage%20Agenda%20-%20Wed%207%20Sept_0.pdf)) |
==== Awards ==== | ==== Awards ==== |
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Murabit has received awards and recognitions from the [[Government of Canada]], [[CNN]], the [[Thomson Reuters Foundation]], [[Aspen Institute]], [[Women of Influence Canada]], [[SheSpeaks]], [[PTTOW]], [[Nelson Mandela Foundation]], [[Forbes]], [[TED Global]], [[Safe Magazine]], [[BBC]], [[Newsweek]], [[Women in the World]], the [[International Herald Tribune]], [[Bay Street Bull]] and [[Wikipedia]]. | Murabit has received awards and recognitions from the [[:Government of Canada]], [[:CNN]], the [[:Thomson Reuters Foundation]], [[:Aspen Institute]], [[:Women of Influence Canada]], [[:SheSpeaks]], [[:PTTOW]], [[:Nelson Mandela Foundation]], [[:Forbes]], [[:TED Global]], [[:Safe Magazine]], [[:BBC]], [[:Newsweek]], [[:Women in the World]], the [[:International Herald Tribune]], [[:Bay Street Bull]] and [[:Wikipedia]]. |
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| ===== External links ===== |
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| * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/en/Alaa-Murabit|White Rose Wiki]] |