Event Type: Talks and Lectures
Nation Building and Development: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia's Youngest Democracy
2024 Yale World Fellow, Fausto Ximenes, will be the Pierson College Tea guest speaker. His talk with be: Nation Building and Development: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia’s Youngest Democracy. Mr. Ximenes is Oxfam International Country Director for Timor-Leste where he leads an international country team and strives, alongside local civil society partner organizations and communities, to tackle challenges of climate justice, gender equality and gender justice, inclusive economic development, and civic participation. Before joining Oxfam, Fausto was a Development Economist and Senior Policy Advisor to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a Graduate Researcher with the University of Oxford’s Changing Character of War (CCW) Centre where he undertook research and…
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Mr. Ximenes is a 2024 World Fellow and Oxfam International Country Director for Timor-Leste where he leads an international country team and strives, alongside local civil society partner organizations and communities, to tackle challenges of climate justice, gender equality and gender justice, inclusive economic development, and civic participation. Before joining Oxfam, Fausto was a Development Economist and Senior Policy Advisor to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a Graduate Researcher with the University of Oxford’s Changing Character of War (CCW) Centre where he undertook research and developed a case report on the Philippines’ Moro conflict, a Senior Access to Justice Manager on a USAID project, as well as a Human…
More InformationCivil Society, Elections and Democracy in Africa. Voting and Obstacles: Navigating Africa's Challenging Journey to Democratic Elections—A focus on Zimbabwe
Jonathan Edwards Tea with Ms. Babra Bhebe, 2024 World Fellow from Zimbabwe. She is the Executive Director of the Election Resource Centre (ERC), a civil society organization that stands to promote electoral democracy in Zimbabwe and across the African continent. She has worked in the governance and human rights sector for more than 18 years. Since joining the organization in 2021, the ERC has under her leadership extended its influence to South Africa and Angola where it has been instrumental in building the capacity of political parties on various election related issues. Her reputation as an election expert is demonstrated by the multiple international election observation missions she has been…
More InformationGuaranteeing Legal Aid & Access to Justice in post-conflict societies- the case of Timor-Leste
2024 World Fellow Nino Ximenes, will discuss legal aid and access to justice in post-conflict societies by sharing the example of his home country of Timor-Leste. Mr. Ximenes is Oxfam International Country Director for Timor-Leste where he leads an international country team and strives, alongside local civil society partner organizations and communities, to tackle challenges of climate justice, gender equality and gender justice, inclusive economic development, and civic participation. Before joining Oxfam, Fausto was a Development Economist and Senior Policy Advisor to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a Graduate Researcher with the University of Oxford’s Changing Character of War (CCW) Centre where he undertook research and developed a case…
More InformationThe Power of Food: Connecting Communities through taste and trade
2024 World Fellow, Soraya Hosni will be providing the Trumbull College Tea on The Power of Food: Connecting communities through taste and trade. Soraya Hosni is an anthropologist, entrepreneur, sustainability expert, and Founder of Clever Harvest. Fluent in multiple languages, her journey from academia to executive roles has equipped her with a distinctive approach to tackling complex challenges, combining her expertise in social sciences with a fervent commitment to environmental conservation. Soraya has led organizations in both private and philanthropic sectors, prioritizing economic and environmental sustainability.
More InformationCMES Lecture: Covering the Middle East: The Human Toll of Conflict
Journalist Roba El Husseini has spent the past decade working with the French news agency AFP in Beirut, covering war-torn Syria and crisis-hit Lebanon, relaying breaking news and resulting human tragedies. She has reported on numerous military operations and has deployed multiple times to Syria and Iraq to cover battles against the Islamic State group. Roba will discuss her process in covering the Middle East today: how to provide context to breaking news, and which emerging stories take precedence. She will be in conversation with author Leon McCarron whose most recent book is based on five years of reporting on the river Tigris in Iraq.
More InformationOn the Frontlines of Climate Violence: Journalist Peter Schwartzstein in conversation with Yale World Fellows Leon McCarron and Roba El Husseini
Peter Schwartzstein is an award-winning British-American journalist and researcher, who has reported on water, food security, and particularly the conflict-climate nexus across more than thirty countries in the Middle East, Africa, and occasionally further afield. He mostly writes for National Geographic, but his work also regularly appears in the New York Times, BBC, Foreign Affairs, and many other outlets. He is a Global Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program, a TED fellow, and a fellow at the Center for Climate and Security. Based in Athens, Greece, he consults for a range of UN agencies and iNGOs. The Heat and the Fury is his first book, which…
More InformationPauli Murray College Tea with World Fellow Anna Biriukova
2024 Yale World Fellow Anna Biriukova will be speaking at a Pauli Murray College Tea. Anna is the Head of Public Opinion Research at the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF), Russia’s most significant opposition organization, founded by Alexey Navalny.
More InformationTech for Impact in Africa
Morse College Tea with 2024 World Fellow, Tarek Mouganie. Mr. Mouganie is a Ghanian entrepreneur and founder and group CEO of Affinity Africa. He is the previous director at Man Group, where he managed a $160 billion global investment fund. Tarek is also a lecturer on entrepreneurship at Oxford University and holds a PhD in Physics.
More InformationThe Russo-Ukrainian War Through the Eyes of a Historian
Serhii Plokhy, a leading historian of Ukraine and director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, will discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine in a broader historical and geopolitical context. This conversation will be moderated by Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at the Jackson School of Global Affairs. Open to the Yale community, please register to attend: https://tinyurl.com/4955ht34
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