Announcement of Annamie Paul as Crisis Action's Brussels Director
February 2010
We are delighted to announce the arrival of Annamie Paul as Crisis Action's new Brussels Director. Annamie will start work at our Brussels office on Monday 18th January.
Annamie is a Canadian lawyer who most recently worked in Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Prior to this, Annamie worked as a political adviser in Canada’s Mission to the European Union in Brussels where she was responsible for the Africa, human rights, conflict prevention, humanitarian assistance and development portfolios. She is also the founder and former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Political Leadership, a non-profit dedicated to promoting the participation of racial minorities in Canadian public leadership. Annamie holds a Masters degree from the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Common Law.
Announcement of Marwa el Ansary as Crisis Action's Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Director
October 2009
We are delighted to announce the arrival of Marwa el Ansary as Crisis Action's new MENA Director. Marwa will start work at our Cairo office on Monday 19th October.
Marwa previously worked with CARE International, with a specific focus on the Middle East region based out of London, Amman and Cairo. In 2007, she lead the creation and management of a large scale humanitarian programme for CARE Jordan working with UNHCR and the EU on issues pertaining to Iraqi Refugees in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Previous to that, she has played an integral role in managing a regional programme including emergency response and advocacy efforts on the second intifada in the West Bank and the Iraqi crisis, and more recently on the Gaza disengagement and the Lebanon crisis in 2006. Marwa has worked as a consultant with the Centre of Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) at the American University in Cairo (AUC). In the past, Marwa has also worked for the Ford Foundation Regional MENA Office in Cairo, as well as programmes funded by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in Cairo.
We have no doubt that Marwa will bring fantastic leadership to the Cairo office and ensure that we are providing the best possible support to partners in MENA and internationally. I hope you will join us in welcoming her on board.
Crisis Action Annual Reports
Our 2008-9 annual report (PDF) summarises Crisis Action's achievements and current areas of work.
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