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Friend --
AAI President Dr. James Zogby
will be speaking at the Atlantic Council on Tuesday, October 1 at
2:00pm about the struggle for inclusive citizenship in Arab countries.
The event will be live-streamed at this link. If you'd like to
attend, please RSVP here.
The Struggle for Inclusive Citizenship in
Arab Countries
TUE, OCT 1, 2019 2:00
PM
ATLANTIC COUNCIL
1030 15TH ST NW, 12TH
FLOOR
WASHINGTON, DC xxxxxx
Please join us for a preview of
the forthcoming 2019 Arab Human Development Report along with some
preliminary survey results, conducted in twelve Arab countries,
followed by a panel discussion.
The Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and
the United Nations Development Programme invites you to a presentation
previewing the forthcoming 2019 Arab Human Development Report,
followed by a panel discussion. The report will focus on the struggle
for citizenship in all its dimensions in Arab countries. Dr. Adel
Abdellatif, Senior Strategic Advisor at the Regional Bureau for Arab
States, and Paola Pagliani, Policy Specialist from the United Nations
Development Programme will present the conceptual framework for the
forthcoming report (briefly outlined in this
research paper) and preview some of the preliminary results of
surveys conducted in twelve Arab countries.
Since the 2011 uprisings, Arab countries have struggled to define a
new social contract that would insulate their citizens from forces of
exclusion—forces that range from poverty, inequality, and
unemployment, to water scarcity, corruption, and gender
discrimination. In some cases, reforms and policies aimed at
modernization have, as an unintended consequence, generated greater
inequality rather than greater inclusion. In other cases, exclusion
has fueled societal tensions, instability and, ultimately, violence,
putting people at greater risk of marginalization. If ongoing
conflicts are not resolved and demographic projections do not deviate
from current trends, 40 percent of people in Arab countries will live
in crisis and conflict conditions by 2030.
Dr. Abdellatif oversees the UNDP’s flagship Arab
Human Development Report covering topics such as
youth, human security, gender, and freedom since the first report was
released in 2002. Dr. Jamal has extensive experience in surveying
social, political, and economic attitudes of citizens across the Arab
world and studying the role of civic associations in promoting
democracy in the region. Dr. Zogby specializes in polling in the
Middle East and is a frequent commentator on Arab and Arab American
affairs. Ambassador Richard LeBaron, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the
Center, will moderate the discussion.
Presenters
Dr. Adel
Abdellatif
Senior Strategic Advisor, Regional Bureau for
Arab States
United Nations Development Programme
Ms. Paola
Pagliani
Policy Specialist
United Nations
Development Programme
Discussants
Dr. Amaney A.
Jamal
Edwards S. Sanford Professor of
Politics
Princeton University
Dr. James
Zogby
Managing Director
Zogby Research
Services
Moderator
Ambassador Richard
LeBaron
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for
the Middle East
Atlantic Council
Arab American Institute
http://www.aaiusa.org/
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