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Hijrah Podcast

Hijrah Podcast - EP1 Migration & Diaspora Engagment, with Martin Russell

Hijrah Podcast is a series of podcasts on migration, produced by IOM Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa. This series of podcasts cover an array of topics, of which: Diaspora Engagement, Cities, Violent Extremism, Women, Climate Change and Global Migration Governance.  
 
About this Podcast  
In this podcast we talk with Dr. Azfar Khan about the relation between Migrants and Cities. We review the development of this relation over history and then we discuss how migrants affect and shape the urban fabric of cities. We also discuss the role of the small cities and their contributions to the international dialogue on migration.  
 
About the Guest, Azfar Khan  
Dr. Azfar Khan presently works as a freelance consultant. Previously, he worked for more than 20 years with the International Labour Organization (ILO). Among the wide-ranging development issues he worked on during this period -which principally included work on Labour and Demography, Social Protection and fundamental principles and rights at work- but for the concerns of this Programme, he worked as the Senior Migration Policy Advisor in ILO's International Migration Programme in Geneva and also served as the Senior Migration Specialist for the Arab States in ILO's Regional Office in Beirut.  

Disclaimer 
Guests opinions expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of the International Organization for Migration.

Hijrah Podcast – EP2 - Migrants & Cities with with Dr. Azfar Khan

Hijrah Podcast is a series of podcasts on migration, produced by IOM Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa. This series of podcasts cover an array of topics, of which: Diaspora Engagement, Cities, Violent Extremism, Women, Climate Change and Global Migration Governance.

About this Podcast
In this podcast we talk with Dr. Khalid Koser about the misleading discourse linking migrants to violent extremism, its dangerous repercussions on the movement of migrants and on their safety.

About the Guest, Khalid Koser 
Dr Khalid Koser is founding Executive Director of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund, a public-private partnership dedicated to preventing violent extremism.  In its first three years GCERF has reached over two million people in communities at risk. An academic by training, Khalid is Professor of Conflict, Peace and Security at the University of Maastricht, as well as non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution, Chatham House, and the Lowy Institute. As a global advocate for migrants and refugees, Khalid chairs the WEF Global Future Council on Migration, edits the Journal of Refugee Studies, and was appointed MBE for services to asylum seekers and refugees. He chairs the Board of Trustees for the sustainable development charity Raleigh International.

Hijrah Podcast – EP3 - Violent Extremism with Dr. Khalid Koser

Hijrah Podcast is a series of podcasts on migration, produced by IOM Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa. This series of podcasts covers an array of topics, of which: Diaspora Engagement, Cities, Violent Extremism, Women, Climate Change and Global Migration Governance.

About this Podcast
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) is the first, intergovernmental negotiated document, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, to cover all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner. In this podcast, our guest, Mrs. Carmela Godeau explains to us what is “Global Migration Governance” and the most successful initiatives taken towards it. We continue by discussing the role of the Arab States in the consultation process of the GCM and whether representatives of migrants and diasporas communities were involved in the migration dialogue. 

About the Guest, Carmela Godeau 
Mrs. Carmela Godeau is the Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa. During the 30 years of experience as International Civil Servant, of which 25 with IOM, Mrs. Godeau has been exposed to different types of environment and areas of work from operations to management and administration, project development and implementation, emergency and post-conflict situations. She has assumed her duties as the Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa in July 2015.  Prior to this appointment, she has been Regional Director for West and central Africa, the Regional Programme Development Officer/Deputy Regional Representative in Rome Mission with Regional Functions and Chief of Mission in Syria.

Hijrah Podcast – EP4 - Migration Governance with Carmela Godeau

Hijrah Podcast is a series of podcasts on migration, produced by IOM Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa. This series of podcasts covers an array of topics, of which: Diaspora Engagement, Cities, Violent Extremism, Women, Climate Change and Global Migration Governance.

About this Podcast
The story of Randa, a Yemeni migrant women, who fled war from her country to Egypt with her two kids and started building a new life from scratch and now she is leading her own successful business.

About the Guest, Randa Abdel-Ilah El-Haj
Randa Abdel-Ilah El-Haj is a Yemeni medical laboratory specialist, a mother of two kids who decided with her husband to flee their country, Yemen, for a better life. Randa is one of millions of Yemeni who were forced to leave their country to a safer place. She fought for her existence and her family’s destiny amid harsh conditions she faced in Yemen. In Egypt she succeed in settling and starting her own business.

Hijrah Podcast – EP5 - Migration & Women: the Story of Randa

Hijrah Podcast is a series of podcasts on migration, produced by IOM Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa. This series of podcasts covers an array of topics, of which: Diaspora Engagement, Cities, Violent Extremism, Women, Climate Change and Global Migration Governance.

About this podcast
In this podcast we discuss with our guests what is climate change and how it affects migration with special focus on MENA region. 

About the Guests - Ulrich Diasso
Ulrich Diasso is an expert in development and implementation of climate resilience strategies and early warning. He holds a master’s in meteorology and a PhD in Climate sciences with more than 12 years of progressive experience in analyzing weather and climate and their impacts on developing countries. He has also worked in building the capacities of vulnerable communities and African climate institutions through the development and implementation of climate resilience and early warning strategies across Africa. 

Hind Aissaoui Bennani 
Ms. Hind Hind Aissaoui Bennani - Regional Migration, Environment and Climate Change Specialist for Middle East and North Africa and West and Central Africa. Hind has been working on migration, environment and climate change thematic for more than 15 years. As a coordinator of a farmers’ union and as an independent journalist, she contributed to support the rights of small farmers and agricultural migrant workers in France, Spain and Morocco. She also acted as a policy advisor for several Moroccan municipalities in the area of sustainable energy. In IOM and before joining Dakar’s regional office, Hind managed several Migration, Development and Environment projects in Morocco, focusing on diaspora contribution to sustainable local development, but also on governance and public policies and agriculture and also worked as a farm technician and as a seasonal agricultural worker.

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