Rima Salah, PhD

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Rima Salah, PhD

Education: Ph.D. State University of New York (Cultural Anthropology) 1986 M.A. State University of New York (Cultural Anthropology) 1981 M.A. State University of New York (Education and Sociology) 1976 B.A. Beirut College for Women, (Sociology and Social Work) 1965

Career/Academic Appointments: 1965-67 Teacher, Jordanian Government Public Schools System, 1967-75 Supervisor of Social Workers, Coordinator for Humanitarian Programs for Refugees and Displaced People, Catholic Relief Services, Jerusalem 1972-75 Instructor of Sociology and Social Work, School of Social Work, Dar al-Tifl al-Arabi, Jerusalem; Lecturer in Psychology and Sociology at the Swedish Organization of Individual Relief in Jerusalem, Jerusalem 1977-84 Lecturer and Assistant in and Middle Eastern Studies, State University of New York 1982-1983 Spent one year in Baqa’a Palestinian Refugee Camp near Amman, Jordan, while conducting research for PhD dissertation, "The Changing Status of Palestinian Women in Refugee Camps” 1985-1987 Lecturer in Psychology and Sociology, Binghamton Community College, Binghamton, NY

Administrative Positions: 2011-2012 Deputy Executive Director, Officer-in-Charge for External Relations, Office of the Executive Director, UNICEF, New York, NY 2008-2000 Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for MINURCAT, Chad and Central African Republic 2004-2007 Deputy Executive Director, Office of the Executive Director, UNICEF, New York, NY 1999-2005 Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal, UNICEF, New York, NY 1995-1999 Representative, UNICEF, Vietnam, Hanoi 1992-1995 Representative, UNICEF, Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou 1987-1992 Project Officer and Head of Mission, UNICEF, Baluchistan, Pakistan

Professional Honors & Recognition:

International/National/Regional 2017 Global Women's Peace Award, the Women's Federation for World Peace, International. Recognition of the depth and breadth of Dr. Salah’s leadership and her tireless work to improve the quality of life for children, women and families in the world 2010 Officier de l’Ordre National du Tchad, Government of Chad 2009 Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur, Government of France 2004 Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Lion, Government of Senegal 2004 Chevalier de l’Ordre National, Government of Gabon 1999 The Medal for the Protection and Care of Children, Highest Honor, Government of Vietnam 1995 Chevalier de l’Ordre National, Government of Burkina Faso

Boards Member of the Board of Directors of the Global Network for Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) Member of the Board of Directors of Women for Women, International

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Member of the Steering Committee of the Working Group on Girls

Invited Speaking Engagements, Presentations, Symposia & Workshops Not Affiliated with Yale: (listed from most recent to earliest)

International/National

2020 2nd Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum, KSRELIEF. Invited panelist “Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities in crisis”, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2020 The Global Women’s Forum for Peace and Humanitarian Action: “Women Peacebuilders and First Responders Defining Key Priorities in 2020 and Beyond”. Invited panelist,” Global Network of Women Peacebuilders”, Vienna, Austria. 2020 World Peace Academic Conference, “Peace and Human Development: Interdependence, Mutual. Prosperity and Universal Values”, Hyo Jeong Academic Foundation. Invited speaker, “Global Vision for Peace: A Participatory and Integrated Approach”, Seoul, South Korea. 2019 A Conference on Spirituality and Ethical Values in Early Childhood Development:” A contribution to the Holistic Development of Children and Peace”, Arigatou International. Invited speaker, "The Transformative Power of Early Childhood Development for Building Peaceful Societies", Geneva, Switzerland. 2019 International conference on “ECD, Children, hope and peace, a local and global perspective”, An-Najah National University. Invited speaker, “Building a World of Peace and Development: The Transformative Power of Early Childhood Development (ECD)”, Nablus, Palestine. 2019 “Learning together and inspiring each other: A regional cross-learning, knowledge-sharing and solidarity-building training between Girl Ambassadors for Peace members in Bangladesh and Indonesia”, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. Invited speaker, “CRC: Preventing Early, Forced and Child Marriage”, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2019 World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) World Assembly. Invited speaker, “Building Peaceful Societies: Is Early Childhood Development and Care the Beginning?” Panama City, Panama. 2018 World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) 70th World Assembly and Conference, “Conditions of Early Childhood Education Today: A Foundation for a Sustainable Future”, Prague, Czech Republic. Invited speaker, “Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: The Promise of Early Childhood Development”. 2018 Early Years International Professional Practice Conference, “The Importance of Early Childhood Development Initiatives in Building a Shared and Peaceful Future”, Omagh, N. Ireland. Keynote speaker, “Towards a More Peaceful World: The Transformative Power of Early Childhood Development”. 2018 Make Mothers Matter, Under the Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, International Conference Mothers4Peace, Casablanca, . Invited presenter, “Pathways for Peace: The Transformative Role of Mothers in Building Peace at Home”. 2018 Early Childhood Care & Education: Cradle for Social Cohesion, International Symposium, 5-6 March 2018, UNESCO Headquarters. “Investing in the Early Years of Life and its Transformative Power to Build Peace and Social Cohesion. Paris, France. 2017 Geneva Peace Week, organized by the United Nations in Geneva World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP). Panel Discussion Speaker, "Early Interventions to Break the Inter-generational Cycle of Violence". 2017 OMEP at the United Nations and UNESCO Symposium in Opatija, Croatia. Speaker, “The Early Childhood Peace Consortium and the Broader International Context”, and “Early Childhood Development: What Emerging Science Tell Us”. 2017 Early Childhood Development for Social Cohesion and Peacebuilding Conference, Queen’s University, Belfast, N. Ireland. Speaker, “Early Childhood Development and Peacebuilding: The International Political and Policy Context.”

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2016 IPRA 2016 Peace Conference held in Freetown, Sierra Leone in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone and the University of Sierra Leone. Speaker, "The Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) and the International Peace Agenda". 2016 Geneva Peace Week, organized by the United Nations in Geneva. Speaker, "The Role of Religious Leaders and Youth in Promoting Peace". 2016 Geneva Peace Week, organized by the United Nations in Geneva World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP). Panel Discussion Speaker, "The Transformative Power of Early Childhood Development in Building and Sustaining Peace". 2016 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Amman, Jordan. Investing in Young Children for Peaceful Societies: Individual and Structural Transformation. Moderator, “Policy Perspectives: Policies that Invest in Woman and Young Children as Peace Builders”. 2016 The Lancet Palestinian Health Alliance (LPHA) Seventh Annual Conference, Amman, Jordan. Poster presenter, “Impact Evaluation of the Mother and Child Education Program among Children and Families in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Beiruti, Lebanon”. 2016 African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN). International conference on the Impact of Armed Conflict and Terrorism on Children and Youth, Nairobi, Kenya. Speaker, “Protection of Children from Violence: The Imperative of Timely Response”. 2015 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland event in Helsinki on Human Rights Day, Women's Rights and Foreign Policy. Speaker, "The Role of Women in Peacemaking and Peacebuilding" 2015 Organized by the Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV), Second International Meeting of the Early Childhood Peacebuilding Consortium, Istanbul, . Event Chair, Opening Remarks: “How can Early Childhood Development (ECD) serve as a means of implementation for building peaceful societies and reducing violence?”. 2014 Global Child, Forum (initiated by H.M. King Carl XUI Gustaf and H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden), Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Participant, Global Child Forum on the and North Africa. 2014 Royal Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, Oslo, Norway. Speaker, Good parenting – international expert meeting, “Changing the Tide of Violence: The Impact of Positive Parenting”. 2014 United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), Doha, Qatar, Preparatory Conference for the Sixth UNAOC Global Forum and Annual UNAOC Focal Points Meeting. Participant, “Celebrating Diversity for Common and Shared Values”. 2014 Her Excellency Ms. Noor Al Malki, Executive Director DOHA International Family Institute (DIFI), Doha, Qatar. Conference on Empowering Families: A Pathway to Development. Speaker, “Families trapped in situations of war and conflict: Challenges and Opportunities”.

Regional 2019 High-Level Political Forum Side Event, “Small Asks for Big Impact: Investing in the early years for sustainable development and peaceful societies,” Invited panelist, UNICEF House, New York, NY. 2018 Investing in Leaders for Peace and Human Rights Education, Co-hosted by Caritas and Rondine Cittadella della Pace and held at the United Nations, New York, NY, Speaker. 2018 Luncheon hosted by the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC). Event Chair, “Young Children: Our Promise for Sustaining Peace and Development.” United Nations, New York, NY. 2018 Global Day of Parents 2018, “The Impact of Good Parents on Children and Society: The Many Benefits of Nurturing Children’s Integrity in the Home”. Sponsored by the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, and The Universal Peace Federation International, United Nations, NYC, NY. Panelist, “Parent’s Transformative Role: Raising Children of Peace in Situations of Conflict and Displacement”.

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2018 Annual Sylvia and Benjamin Slomoff Lectureship in Conflict Resolution for 2018. Organized by University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA. Keynote speaker, “Building a World of Peace and Development: The Transformative Power of Families and Children”. 2017 High–Level Meeting Hosted by the Swedish Mission to the United Nations and The World Childhood Foundation USA in Collaboration with Know Violence in Childhood. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for Children, United Nations, NYC. Collective Actions and Innovative Solutions. With Participation from Queen Silvia of Sweden. Panelist, “Early Childhood Development: What Emerging Science Tell Us”. 2017 The United Nations High-level Forum on The Culture of Peace: Panelist, "Sowing the Seeds on the Culture of Peace: Early Childhood Development is the Beginning" at High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace - General Assembly, 71st session, U.N. Live United Nations Web TV, New York, NY. Retrieved from http://webtv.un.org/watch/panel-discussion-on-sowing-the- seeds-on-the-culture-of-peace-at-high-level-forum-on-the-culture-of-peace-general- assembly-71st-session/5566146546001/?lan=english 2017 Meeting of the International Board of Directors of the Methodist Church at the United Nations, New York, NY. Keynote Speaker, "The U.N.s Long Journey Towards Peace and Security in the World". 2017 A Panel Discussion on His Holiness World Day of Peace Message "Non- violence: A Style of Politics for Peace". Organized by the Holy See Mission at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY. Speaker, "Non-violence and a Peaceful and Inclusive Society". 2017 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Held at The United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY. Speaker at a side event, "Investing in Early Years: A Global View of Empowering Women". 2017 55th Session on Social Development. Held at The United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY. "Early Childhood Development as a Strategy to Eradicate Poverty and Reduce Inequalities in a Migration and Refugee Context". Panel organized by the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP). Speaker, " Investing in the Early Years of Life: A Transformative Power in Refugee and Migrant Context". 2017 55th Session on Social Development. Held at The United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY. Early Parenting and Early Childhood Care and Education to Address the Intergenerational Dimension of Poverty. Panel organized by Childhood and Early Parenting Principles (CEPPS). Speaker, "The Intergenerational Dimension: What Neuroscience Tells Us". 2017 Refugees: The 21st Century Challenge. Event organized by the Committee on Teaching about the United Nations (CTAUN), United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY. Panel Moderator, "The Issues Facing Refugees". 2016 22nd Anniversary of the International Year of the Family sponsored by the Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWPI), United Nations, New York. Speaker, "Supporting Resiliency in Refugee Families". 2016 Luncheon Event at UNICEF HQ, New York, NY. Organized by the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC). Event Chair and Opening Remarks, "The Transformative Power of Early Childhood Development- Actions in Migration and Situation Settings". 2016 The United Nations Confronting War and Violence: Lessons after 70 Years, U.N. Live United Nations Web TV, New York, NY. Panelist, “Uniting our Strengths for Peace - Politics, Partnership and People” (A comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects by the High-Level Independent Panel on United Nations Peace Operations. 17 June 2015). 2015 UNICEF Head Quarters, New York, NY. Event Chair, Opening Remarks, “Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: is Early Childhood Development a Pathway to Peace?” 2015 21st Anniversary of the International Year of the Family, Raising Children of Peace event. Co-sponsored by the Women’s Federation for World Peace, International UN Office (WFWPI) in collaboration with the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), United Nations, New York, NY. Speaker, “Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families”.

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2014 United Nations High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace, UNICEF Head Quarters, Global Movement of the Culture of Peace, New York, NY. Event Chair - Early Childhood Development and Peace Lunch Event. Event Chair, ”Welcome Remarks”. 2014 World Peace Foundation. Tufts University, Medford, MA. Speaker, “Unlearning Violence: Evidence based Approach to Early Childhood Development, Conflict and Peace”.

Invited Speaking Engagements, Presentations, Symposia & Workshops Affiliated with Yale: (listed from most recent to earliest) 2018 Yale University and the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC). “Early Childhood Development Advances ‘The Culture of Peace’” open house conference. Held at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, New Haven, CT. Speaker, “Building a World of Peace. The Promise of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium”. 2016 Yale Child Study Center Grand Rounds. Speaker, "Building Peace and Development in the 21st Century: The Transformative Power of Children and their Families". 2016 Launch of the Landmark Book," Medical Humanitarianism: Ethnographies of Practice" produced by Professor Catherine Panter-Brick and Professor Sharon Abramowitz. Keynote Speaker, “The Response of the UN to the Humanitarian Crisis in the World”. 2015 The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. Speaker, “Youth Conflict and Governance in Africa”. 2014 The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area. Speaker, “The Transformative Power of Children and Families in a Changing World”. 2014 Child Study Center and the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy. Speaker, “What’s Next for the Children of the World?”. 2014 The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies (Anthropology and Public Policy). Speaker, “Humanitarian Action: Key Emerging Trends and Challenges”.

Workshops/Teaching 2017 Workshop for the Development of a Framework for Measuring the Impact of Early Childhood Development Services and Peacebuilding. Held at The Edward Zigler Center for Child Development and Social Policy, Participation and Introductory Remarks. 2015 The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, New Haven, CT, US. Participant, “Men and Families Workshop”. 2014 Arab Resource Collective (ARC), Beirut, Lebanon. Trainer, “Impact Evaluation of the Mother Child Education Program (MOCEP) in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Beirut, Lebanon.”

Professional Service

Professional Service for Professional Organizations: (listed from most recent to earliest)

United Nations 2014- Appointed member, United Nations Independent High-Level Panel on Peace Operations New York, NY.

Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) 2015- Elected Chair, Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), New York, NY 2015- Member of the International Advisory Council of the Academic University College for Non- violence and Human Rights (AUNOHR), 1st university for Non-violence in the world, Lebanon.

Meeting Planning/Participation 2016 Meeting Planning Committee Member, Investing in Young Children for Peaceful Societies: Individual and Structural Transformation, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Amman, Jordan

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Public Service 2019 Psychological and Social Determinants of Child Development: Child Development in an Emergency Context. This Week in Palestine Magazine, November 2019. Retrieved from http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/psychological-social-determinants-child- development/#overlay-context= 2018 Global Day of Parents 2018, “The Impact of Good Parents on Children and Society: The Many Benefits of Nurturing Children’s Integrity in the Home”. Sponsored by the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, and The Universal Peace Federation International. U.N. Live United Nations Web TV, NYC, NY. Panelist, “Parent’s Transformative Role: Raising Children of Peace in Situations of Conflict and Displacement”. Retrieved from http://webtv.un.org/climate-summit-2014/2399711946001/watch/the-impact-of-good-parents- on-children-and-society-the-many-benefits-of-nurturing-childrens-integrity-in-the- home/5792537553001/?term=?lanarabic&sort=date 2017 The United Nations High-level Forum on The Culture of Peace: Panelist, "Sowing the Seeds on the Culture of Peace: Early Childhood Development is the Beginning" at High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace - General Assembly, 71st session, U.N. Live United Nations Web TV, New York, NY. Retrieved from http://webtv.un.org/watch/panel-discussion-on-sowing-the- seeds-on-the-culture-of-peace-at-high-level-forum-on-the-culture-of-peace-general- assembly-71st-session/5566146546001/?lan=english 2016 Featured Guest, The MacMillan Report, Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families, The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/tEJupfkge9Y 2016 The United Nations Confronting War and Violence: Lessons after 70 Years, U.N. Live United Nations Web TV, New York, NY. Panelist, “Uniting our Strengths for Peace - Politics, Partnership and People” (A comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects by the High-Level Independent Panel on United Nations Peace Operations. 17 June 2015). Retrieved from http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/watch/the- united-nations-confronting-war-and-violence-lessons-after-70-years/4723051528001 2015 Universal Peace Federation (UPF) World Summit 2015. Forum “Raising Children of Peace” Co-sponsored by the UPF and the Women’s Federation for World Peace, International, New York, NY. Session VI Speaker, ““Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families”. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/140210647 2014 Formative Childhood and Peace Building (FCPB). “United Nations High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace” side event. Organized by Yale, UNICEF, the Global Movement for the Culture of Peace and the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC). Chair “Changing Tides: Laying New ECD Foundations for Sustained Peace”. 2014 Peart K. (2014). Yale researchers participate in U.N. Culture of Peace. Yale News. Retrieved from http://news.yale.edu/2014/09/29/yale-researchersparticipate-un-culture-peace-forum 2011 UNICEF for Every Child, Advance Humanity. Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Rima Salah visited Birundi to witness the restoration of peace and demobilization of child soldiers. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/toefxdxKBUQ 2007 UNICEF for Every Child, Advance Humanity. Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Rima Salah visited the organizations partners in , including the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar, and the Hope Village shelter for street girls. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/GBuw9HGrGzo 2007 UNICEF for Every Child, Advance Humanity. Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Rima Salah visited Northern Uganda to help bring more attention to the war and to the children who suffer because of it. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/xdVXPepu6Uw 2007 UNICEF TV. “Protecting children from the scourge of small arms”. Deputy Executive Director Rima Salah explains how children are affected by the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/UjtdWIdfYjg

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Bibliography: (listed from earliest to most recent and numbered consecutively)

Chapters, Books, and Reviews 1. Leckman J, Panter-Brick C, & Salah R (Eds.). (2014). Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families. The Ernst Strüngmann Forum. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Date of Publication: November 30, 2014. 2. Leckman J, Panter-Brick C, & Salah R. (2014). Peace is a lifelong process: The importance of partnerships. In J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah (Eds.) Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families. The Ernst Strüngmann Forum. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 3. Britto P, Salah R, Abu-Nimer J, Bhabha A, Chowdhury G, Gunderson G, Kağıtçıbaşı Ç, Nuseibeh O, Omigbodun M, Otani M, & Smyth G. (2014). How can we use knowledge about child development and its contexts to create effective programs and policies that will reduce violence and promote peace? In J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah (Eds.) Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families. The Ernst Strüngmann Forum. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 4. United Nations (2016). Uniting our Strengths for Peace - Politics, Partnership and People. High-Level Independent Panel on United Nations Peace Operations. New York, NY: United Nations. Date of Publication: 16 June 2015. 5. Salah R, Leckman J. (2016). The Transformative power of early childhood development in building peace in the world. In Celebrating Childhood: A Journey to end violence against children. New York, NY: United Nations. 6. Salah R. (2018). Global citizenship and the role of the United Nations: The promise of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, in press, 2018(159):99-105. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20231

Case Reports, Technical Notes, Letters 1. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC). (2018). Contributions of Early Childhood Development Programming to Sustainable Peace and Development. New York: Early Childhood Peace Consortium. Available from https://ecdpeace.org/ecpc-background-paper 2. United Nations (2015). Uniting our Strengths for Peace - Politics, Partnership and People. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects by the High-Level Independent Panel on United Nations Peace Operations. 17 June 2015. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/sg/pdf/HIPPO_Report_1_June_2015.pdf

Scholarship in Press 1. Leckman J, Salah R, Ponguta A. Impact Evaluation of the Mother and Child Education Program among Children and Families in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Beirut, Lebanon. The Lancet, in press.

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