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In this session, Shannon N. Green interviews Dr. Fatima Akilu, Executive Director of the NEEM Foundation, psychologist, and partner of the Women\\u2019s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL). Fatima discusses her role as the founder of the Nigerian government\\u2019s deradicalization program for former members of Boko Haram, the importance of psychological and social programming to provide youth with positive alternatives to violent extremism, and the nexus of development and security at the community level. Her unique perspective as a psychologist \\u2013 and as a woman in a field dominated by men \\u2013 provides deeper insight into the future of countering violent extremism.