Introduction
Golda El-Khoury has more than twenty years of senior-level experience in leading social and community development initiatives, connecting stakeholders to advance inclusive and sustainable development and promote rights-based and gender sensitive policies and programmes. She is currently the Director and Representative of UNESCO Cluster office for the Maghreb region. Previously she held the position of the Chief of the Section for Inclusion and Rights in the Social and Human Sciences Sector at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (France), coordinating UNESCO’s programme on social inclusion and human rights, covering themes including gender equality, migration, fighting discrimination, poverty eradication and intercultural dialogue. She acts as the Secretary of the International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities – ICCAR and the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence, and UNESCO focal point for the UN Interagency Global Migration Group. Prior to that, she was the Chief of the Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education. Before joining UNESCO, she was the first UNICEF Regional Advisor on Youth for the Middle East and North Africa Region, and held the position of Country Director for Save the Children in Indonesia, Jordan and Northern Iraq.
Expert
Golda El-Khoury has more than twenty years of senior-level experience in leading social and community development initiatives, connecting stakeholders to advance inclusive and sustainable development and promote rights-based and gender sensitive policies and programmes. She is currently the Director and Representative of UNESCO Cluster office for the Maghreb region. Previously she held the position of the Chief of the Section for Inclusion and Rights in the Social and Human Sciences Sector at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (France), coordinating UNESCO’s programme on social inclusion and human rights, covering themes including gender equality, migration, fighting discrimination, poverty eradication and intercultural dialogue. She acts as the Secretary of the International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities – ICCAR and the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence, and UNESCO focal point for the UN Interagency Global Migration Group. Prior to that, she was the Chief of the Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education. Before joining UNESCO, she was the first UNICEF Regional Advisor on Youth for the Middle East and North Africa Region, and held the position of Country Director for Save the Children in Indonesia, Jordan and Northern Iraq.
Fields of expertise: Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization, Gender equality, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Migration, Participation, Policy design and delivery, Social policy, Strategic planning, Urban development, Youth