Speaker Information

Panel Discussion 2

Moderator

Norul M. Rashid

  • Policy Advisor on Governance, Peace and Security, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

    Norul Mohamed Rashid has more than 28 years' professional experience in the areas of human rights, development, gender, governance, peace and security in conflict-affected countries, as well as at United Nations Headquarters. She is currently the Policy Advisor for UN Women o Governance, Peace and Security for the Asia-Pacific region, based in Bangkok.

    She supports UN Women country offices, governments and civil society organizations to localize and implement the WPS agenda through assessment and advisory missions, organize capacity development activities and build networks of WPS advocates and practitioners and organize high level regional discussions for government and civil society from the Asia-Pacific region. Amon her UN posts, Ms. Rashid worked on post-conflict transitional justice for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

    As a Policy and Program Advisor at UN Women HQ, Ms. Rashid worked with the UN system of integrating the Women, Peace and Security agenda in justice and rule of law initiatives in crisis and conflict contexts. She managed the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq’s human rights office in Northern Iraq and has worked with UNDP in Libya and Indonesia on governance, peace and security programming.

    She last served with the UN Executive Office of the Secretary-General where she supported strategic and high-level policy development and implementation of organizational vision and strategies in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, peace and security, and emerging global challenges such as climate change and new technology.

    Prior to joining the UN, Ms. Rashid was a State Counsel in Singapore. She graduated with a law degree from the National University of Singapore and a LLM in International Law from the University of London, United Kingdom.

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