SALMA KHALIFA Title: Product Development Manager, Savola Group Country Egypt Course: FAO-UNITAR Joint e-Learning Course on Trade and Food Security (Arabic edition) It is evident that women go to great lengths in order to pursue their education and professional careers. Decades of research show that women, particularly mothers, who are employed full-time…

BÁRBARA A. SMITH Title: Senior Marketing Manager Country: Argentina Course: Climate Change: from Learning to Action “I had a series of ‘awakenings’ throughout my life”, reveals Bárbara A. Smith straightaway. One of the most impactful was when she scuba dived for the very first time. “When we submerged, I discovered a myriad of…

BENJAMIN DAVOODI Title: Auxiliary Police Officer Country: Canada Course: Management Practices for Safer Roads: Toolkit In 2002, the town of Drachten, in the Netherlands, removed nearly all traffic lights and road marks in the name of road safety. The aim was to reduce accidents and improve the town’s quality. The paradoxical experiment…

Sayf Al Ashqar, UNITAR Entrepreneurship Training Programme alum, is the Secretary General of the Libraries (Director of the Central Library) at the University of Mosul. In 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacked and took control of Mosul which led to the destruction of the Central…

Name: Carmen Betancur Title: Psychologist Country: Colombia Training programme: Youth-led Peace and Reconciliation in Colombia: A Transformational Approach On August 24th, 2016, the signature of a ceasefire agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia lit a sparkle of hope in the hearts of those…

Name: Ana-ana Nadum Patricia Title: Entrepreneur Country: Nigeria Training: Ogoni Women Livelihood Programme Ogoniland is a territory in the Rivers State of the Niger Delta region, Nigeria — the third largest mangrove ecosystem in the world. It is also home to many different ethnic groups, including the Ogoni people, an…

Name: Sanjaya Bhatia Title: Head of Office, UNDRR Office for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute Country: Republic of Korea Partnership: e-learning courses on Disaster Management at Local Level If we learnt one thing from history is that we cannot achieve sustainable development without taking Disaster Risk Reduction…

Maurici’s Lighthouse School is shedding light on climate change issues in a rural community in Brazil and leading to collection action. Name: Maurici Tadeu Ferreira Santos Title: Professor, PhD in Epidemiology and Social Science Country: Brazil e-Learning course: Introductory e-Course on Climate Change “There is something I heard when I…

Name: Kafui Korshiwor Boni Title: Principal Programme Officer, Chemicals Control and Management Centre, Environmental Protection Agency Country: Ghana e-Learning course: GHS e-Learning Course Located close to the equator and on the Greenwich Meridian, Ghana is one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies and has made major progress in the attainment and consolidation…