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Staff Masooma Rahmaty

Masooma Rahmaty, Policy Analyst

Masooma Rahmaty is a Policy Analyst 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...
Read more articles → Email: rahmaty@ipinst.org

Masooma Rahmaty is a Policy Analyst 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

  • Sanctions and the Costs of Russia’s War in Ukraine

    May 12, 2022 by Erica Moret
    The sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine mark a new page in global sanctions practice yet lessons from earlier cases could help increase efficacy and minimize costs.
    Analysis, conflict, europe, ukraine
  • A4P+ and Uniformed Women’s Participation in Peacekeeping

    April 26, 2022 by Gretchen Baldwin, Jake Sherman

    The UN, in its implementation of A4P+, must address the heavily masculine, exclusionary, and militarized structures which often preclude women (and anyone outside of a very…

    Analysis, Action for Peacekeeping, peacekeeping, women peace and security
  • Despite Constraints, MINUSMA Remains the Legitimate International Partner to Mali

    April 21, 2022 by Rida Lyammouri

    Facing its most difficult period since its inception in April 2013, MINUSMA, and…

    Analysis, africa, mali, peacekeeping
  • While Afghans Wait, States and Banks Decrypt the Humanitarian Exception in the Taliban Sanctions Regime

    April 14, 2022 by Agathe Sarfati

    Amid mounting pressure to…

    Analysis, Afghanistan, humanitarian affairs
  • What Are the International Military Options for the Sahel?

    April 12, 2022 by Nina Wilén, Paul D. Williams

    The complex, and not always coordinated, ecosystem of military operations across the Sahel has been aptly labeled a security traffic jam. Why are external forces in the Sahel?…

    Analysis, mali, peacekeeping, sahel
  • NATO, the EU, and the War in Ukraine: Interview with Paul Poast 

    April 8, 2022 by Eimer Curtin

    It has been six weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine and the conflict is devolving into a stalemate. Paul Poast discusses the responses of NATO, the shifts in EU defense policies,…

    Interviews, conflict, europe
  • Climate Governance, Reform or Perish—The Future of the UNFCCC

    April 6, 2022 by Eimer Curtin, Jimena Leiva Roesch

    As the need for stronger commitments toward the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees grows, the voices and interests of the most vulnerable people and countries are not being given…

    Analysis, climate change, united nations
  • By Invitation Only: Including Women Briefers at the UN Security Council

    April 1, 2022 by Anna Marie Obermeier, Louise Olsson

    While briefing the Security Council has always been a male-dominated affair, more women have been included over the years, a development which came at…

    Analysis, security council, women peace and security
  • The Benefits, Challenges, and Limitations of Criminalizing Ecocide

    March 30, 2022 by Rachel Killean
    The campaign to introduce a new international crime of “ecocide” at the International Criminal Court is long-standing but has received increased support over the last couple of years.
    Analysis, environment
  • How Weapons and Ammunition Management Can Enhance Women, Peace and Security

    March 17, 2022 by Emma Bjertén-Günther, Hana Salama
    The proliferation of weapons and ammunition presents a major obstacle in the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
    Analysis, women peace and security

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