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AUTHOR: Manal Omar Director of Iraq Programs, United States Institute of Peace
Ms. Omar has worked with Women for Women International, a nonprofit NGO, as Regional Coordinator for Afghanistan, Iraq, and Sudan. Formerly a journalist, she began work in Iraq in 1997 and 1998 for UNESCO, and worked for OxFam in the Middle East. Currently, she is the Director of Iraq Programs at United States Institute of Peace, based in Washington, D.C. Over the last two years she has been working to respond to the emergency humanitarian crisis in Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon.
MODERATOR:
Tara Vishwanath
Regional Coordinator for Poverty and Gender, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank
Ms. Vishwanath is a lead economist and regional coordinator for poverty and gender in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) region at the World Bank. Prior to this, she served as lead economist and poverty coordinator for the South Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management group. Before joining the World Bank, she was a professor at Northwestern University in the economics department and has published widely in international economics journals. Some ongoing work in the MENA region that she is leading, that are noteworthy include a pilot experiment in Jordan for improving employment prospects for young women graduates; a poverty and inclusion assessment for Palestine, and a rigorous impact evaluation for a micro and small enterprise project in Egypt.
DISCUSSANT:
Patricia L. Wildermuth
Iraq Legislative Coordinator and Grants Officer, Department of State
Ms. Wildermuth is an international law attorney with extensive experience in constitutional and comparative law, international crimes, law of war, human rights, and detainee affairs. She lived and worked in Baghdad from 2006 to 2010. She is currently the Iraq Constitutional and Legislative Coordinator and Grants Officer at the US Department of State. While in Baghdad, she initially served as the international law advisor at the Regime Crimes Liaison’s Office (RCLO) and assisted the Iraqi High Tribunal Judges in the trials of high-ranking Iraqi officials of the former regime, including Saddam Hussein and Chemical Ali trials. After the RCLO drawdown, Ms. Wildermuth joined the Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction team (PRT) as the Deputy Chief of the Rule of Law Section. She later accepted the position of Deputy of the Judicial Education and Development Institute (JEDI) project, where she led the team in the development of curriculum for the training of Iraqi judges.
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