703 What We Need Most to Change the World with Dr. Alaa Murabit

Published: Oct. 8, 2018, 2:37 a.m.

b"EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.\\nFor my whole life, everything has been a competition.\\nYou either win, or you lose.\\nI wasn\\u2019t intentionally trying to hurt people, but I wanted to be a winner.\\nIt wasn\\u2019t until I was 30 years old that I learned a better way to live: win/win.\\nIt transformed my life. I started looking for ways that I could succeed while allowing the people around me to succeed, too.\\nAt the end of the day, we\\u2019re all in this together.\\nThe idea of creating win/win situations has been mastered by my guest on today\\u2019s episode: Dr. Alaa Murabit.\\nDr. Alaa Murabit attended medical school at the age of 15 and was named one of Forbes 30 under 30, an Aspen Institute Spotlight Scholar, and one of Canada\\u2019s 30x30.\\nShe is one of the UN\\u2019s 17 Global Sustainable Development Goal Advocates and a UN High-Level Commissioner on Health Employment & Economic Growth. She was recently appointed the Executive Director of Phase Minus 1, LLC which provides leadership in conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and more.\\nDr. Murabit champions women's participation in peace processes and conflict mediation.\\nShe approaches conflict in a way that humanizes both sides: by first finding common ground.\\nShe is helping everyone in the world understand that when women succeed, everyone succeeds.\\nIt\\u2019s good for the economy, it\\u2019s good for the government, and it\\u2019s even good for the environment.\\nLearn how Dr. Murabit mediates the most difficult scenarios and helps women obtain an education, reproductive rights, and health in Episode 703."