Tackling Poverty Through Diplomacy and Development
b'At a time when 65 million people are displaced from their homes and more than 800 million people go to bed hungry every night, how can we make a real difference in tackling poverty & social injustices? Fatema Sumar has been a diplomat and development leader, working in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. State Department, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Currently, Fatema is Vice President of Global Programs at Oxfam America, a division that focuses on humanitarian aid and response, local partnerships that improve disaster response, and food systems and security.\\n\\nToday on CID\\u2019s Speaker Series podcast, Ghazi Mirza, student at the Harvard Graduate School of Educaton, interviews Fatema, who gives us an in-depth look into her role at Oxfam America, the organization\\u2019s approach to development, and what they\\u2019re currently focused on in the development space.\\n\\nwww.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid \\nInterview recorded on March 29, 2019.\\n\\nAbout Fatema Sumar: Fatema Z. Sumar joined Oxfam America in 2018 as Vice President of Global Programs, where she oversees our regional development and humanitarian response programs. Fatema comes to Oxfam with a distinguished career in the U.S. government, leading U.S. efforts to advance sustainable development and economic policy in emerging markets and fragile countries. Most recently, she served as Regional Deputy Vice President for Europe, Asia, Pacific, and Latin America at the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), where she managed investments focused on international growth and poverty reduction. Prior to MCC, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia at the U.S. Department of State and as a Senior Professional Staff Member on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Fatema holds a Master\\u2019s in Public Affairs from Princeton University\\u2019s Woodrow Wilson School and a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Cornell University. She studied abroad at the American University in Cairo.\\n\\nView the transcript for the episode here: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/cid/files/Transcripts/Transcript-%20Tackling%20Poverty%20Through%20Diplomacy%20and%20Development.pdf'