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Staff Masooma Rahmaty

Masooma Rahmaty, Program Administrator

Masooma Rahmaty is a Program Administrator at IPI's SDGs for Peace, and Women Peace and Security programs. Within SDGs, her work focuses on the localization of the 2030 Agenda, and women's...
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Masooma Rahmaty is a Program Administrator at IPI’s SDGs for Peace, and Women Peace and Security programs. Within SDGs, her work focuses on the localization of the 2030 Agenda, and women’s participation in the peace process in WPS program. Additionally, she is an associate board member and the United Nations NGO Youth representative at RiverTides based in Hudson Valley.

Masooma graduated from SUNY New Paltz with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations, and concentration in Middle Eastern studies. Previously, she worked at the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN, and various other UN organizations. She also studied at the American University in Cairo. She is fluent in Farsi and currently learning Arabic and Turkish.

Selected Publications

  • “Youth Participation in Global Governance for Sustaining Peace and Climate Action,” (New York: International Peace Institute, April 2021) (with Jimena Leiva Roesch)
  • “The Exclusion of Women’s Voices from Afghan Peace Talks Remains the Norm,” the Global Observatory, March 2021
  • “The Next 20 Years of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda,” the Global Observatory, October 2020
  • “Peacebuilding during a Pandemic: Keeping the Focus on Women’s Inclusion,” (New York: International Peace Institute, September 2020) (with Jasmine Jaghab)
  • “Localizing the 2030 Agenda in West Africa: Building on What Works,” (New York: International Peace Institute, July 2020) (with Jimena Leiva Roesch)
  • “With Peace Deal Looming and Election Results Announced, Where Are the Afghan People?” the Global Observatory, February 2020
  • “How Innovative Approaches Can Accelerate Localization of the 2030 Agenda,” the Global Observatory, February 2020 (with Jimena Leiva Roesch)
  • “Integrating Goal 16 and Human Rights With All SDGs Vital to the 2030 Agenda,” the Global Observatory, June 2019 (with Ş. İlgü Özler)
  • “Four Questions on How HLPF 2019 Can Improve SDG Implementation,” the Global Observatory, May 2019 (with Jimena Leiva Roesch)
  • “Connecting National Policies to the SDGs in Tackling Internal Displacement,” the Global Observatory, April 2019 (with Alice Debarre)
  • “On International Women’s Day, A Closer Look at the Missing Voices of Women in Afghan Peace Talks,” the Global Observatory, March 2019
  • “Reaching Internally Displaced Persons to Achieve the 2030 Agenda,” (New York: International Peace Institute, November 2018) (with Alice Debarre and Archibald Henry)
  • “A New Way of Doing Business: Partnering for Sustainable Development and Peace,” (New York: International Peace Institute, September 2017) (with Jimena Leiva Roesch and Stefanía Doebbel)

Recent articles from
the Global Observatory

  • Why Congo’s M23 Crisis Lingers On

    May 30, 2023 by
    The conflict has been propped up by blame games, ineffective diplomacy, recurring geopolitical tensions and proxy warfare in the Great Lakes region, and the Congolese state’s weak commitment to addressing grievances that drive armed group proliferation.
    Analysis, africa, conflict
  • China’s Small Steps into UN Peacekeeping Are Adding Up

    May 24, 2023 by Courtney J. Fung
    China will likely continue to shape peacekeeping along its preferences for a more technical and less overt political foreign policy tool.
    Analysis, peacekeeping, UN Peacekeeping at 75, united nations
  • As UN Missions Draw Down, Strengthening Community-Led Approaches to Protection of Civilians

    May 23, 2023 by Gay Rosenblum-Kumar

    UN mission transitions still result in gaps in the protection of…

    Analysis, peacekeeping, protection of civilians
  • Human Survival Depends on Biodiversity: Interview with Brad Cardinale

    May 22, 2023 by Jill Stoddard

    Brad Cardinale, an ecologist who focuses on the conservation and restoration of biodiversity in natural systems discusses the scale…

    Interviews, biodiversity, climate change, ecology
  • Mediation in Peacekeeping Contexts: Trends and Challenges for Mission Leadership

    May 19, 2023 by
    The political role of the UN may not have diminished overall, but shifted.
    Analysis, peacekeeping, UN Peacekeeping at 75, united nations

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About the International Peace Institute

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