  {"id":87,"date":"2024-01-23T17:59:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T22:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/?post_type=cu-people&#038;p=87"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:06:21","slug":"amal-el-ouassif","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/people\/amal-el-ouassif\/","title":{"rendered":"Amal El Ouassif"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Amal El Ouassif, currently serving as an International Relations Specialist at the Policy Center for the New South, boasts a rich professional background. Prior to assuming this role, she held positions as a program coordinator at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and as a consultant in development policies with the office of the Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Morocco. Additionally, she previously served as a bluebook trainee in the Directorate General of Employment Social Affairs and Inclusion at the European Commission in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Amal El Ouassif holds the interim chair position at the Faculty of Governance, Economic, and Social Sciences at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco. Alongside her academic duties, she continues to contribute her expertise as an international relations specialist at the Policy Center for the New South, a prominent Moroccan think tank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amal holds a Master of Arts in EU\u2019s International Relations and Diplomacy Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges, as well as a Master&#8217;s degree in Development Studies from UPMF-Grenoble. El Ouassif leads research on forced displacement challenges and solutions relevant to Morocco and North Africa, with a focus on climate change and resource scarcity, gender, migrant and refugee decision-making, border securitization and relations between the European Union and Africa on migration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idrc-crdi.ca\/en\/project\/strengthening-knowledge-evidence-use-and-leadership-global-south-forced-displacement-2\">Learn more about the work led by Amal El Ouassif<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FgqSv1mmsbc?si=hceHNUlR-hA8X-A2\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Highlighted Publications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2023\/climate-change-and-migration-understanding-factors-developing-opportunities-in-the-sahel-zone-west-africa-and-the-maghreb\/\">Climate Change and Migration: Understanding factors, Developing Opportunities in the Sahel Zone, West Africa and the Maghreb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Recent Activities<\/h2>\n<section class=\"content-wrapper content-wrapper--shortcode\"><div class=\"u-post-reload\"><div class=\"news news--archive u-width-limited\"><a class=\"news__link  news__link--archive\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/2025\/informe-de-politicas-perspectivas-del-sur-global-sobre-el-cambio-climatico-y-el-desplazamiento\/\"><p class=\"news__date news__date--archive\">Monday, August 18, 2025<\/p><h3 class=\"news__heading u-hide-in-toc news__heading--archive\" rel=\"bookmark\">Informe de Pol\u00edticas: Perspectivas del Sur Global sobre el cambio clim\u00e1tico y el desplazamiento<\/h3><p class=\"news__excerpt news__excerpt--archive\">Informe de Pol\u00edticas Este informe de pol\u00edticas es el resultado del seminario web sobre el cambio clim\u00e1tico y los desplazamientos desde la perspectiva del Sur Global, organizado por la Red de C\u00e1tedras de Investigaci\u00f3n sobre Desplazamientos Forzados del IDRC, el 30 de enero de 2025. Cont\u00f3 con la participaci\u00f3n de Andrew Harper, del ACNUR,... <span class=\"news__more-link\">More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news news--archive u-width-limited\"><a class=\"news__link  news__link--archive\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/2025\/rapport-de-politique-perspectives-des-pays-du-sud-sur-le-changement-climatique-et-les-deplacements-de-population\/\"><p class=\"news__date news__date--archive\">Monday, August 18, 2025<\/p><h3 class=\"news__heading u-hide-in-toc news__heading--archive\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rapport de Politique: Perspectives des pays du Sud sur le changement climatique et les d\u00e9placements de population<\/h3><p class=\"news__excerpt news__excerpt--archive\">Rapport de Politique Cette note d&#039;orientation est le r\u00e9sultat du webinaire sur les perspectives des pays du Sud sur le changement climatique et les d\u00e9placements de population organis\u00e9 par le R\u00e9seau de chaires de recherche du CRDI sur les d\u00e9placements forc\u00e9s, le 30 janvier 2025. Elle a r\u00e9uni Andrew Harper du HCR, Amal El... <span class=\"news__more-link\">More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news news--archive u-width-limited\"><a class=\"news__link  news__link--archive\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/2025\/exploring-the-feminization-of-migration-challenges-faced-by-moroccan-agricultural-workers-locally-and-abroad\/\"><p class=\"news__date news__date--archive\">Thursday, March 20, 2025<\/p><h3 class=\"news__heading u-hide-in-toc news__heading--archive\" rel=\"bookmark\">Exploring the feminization of migration: Challenges faced by Moroccan agricultural workers locally and abroad.<\/h3><p class=\"news__excerpt news__excerpt--archive\">In the recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in the feminization of migration from the MENA region. The drivers are diverse, ranging from economic prospects, to education, entrepreneurship, and family reunification. This shift has brought to the forefront a complex intersection of aspects related to labor, gender, and migration. By... <span class=\"news__more-link\">More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news news--archive u-width-limited\"><a class=\"news__link  news__link--archive\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/2024\/global-south-summit-on-climate-displacement-we-need-a-holistic-approach\/\"><p class=\"news__date news__date--archive\">Monday, February 12, 2024<\/p><h3 class=\"news__heading u-hide-in-toc news__heading--archive\" rel=\"bookmark\">Global South Summit on Climate Displacement: &#8220;We Need a Holistic Approach&#8221;<\/h3><p class=\"news__excerpt news__excerpt--archive\">IDRC Research Chairs call for an end to the silos that divide climate change policy from displacement solutions. Following their inaugural workshop in Dar es-Salaam in May, five of the IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement (Desiree Del Rosario, Abebaw Minaye, Tiga Alain Ouedraogo, Opportuna Kweka, Amal El Ouassif, and Paula Banerjee)... <span class=\"news__more-link\">More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news news--archive u-width-limited\"><a class=\"news__link  news__link--archive\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/2023\/global-refugee-forum-the-idrc-research-chairs-demonstrate-the-importance-of-localization\/\"><p class=\"news__date news__date--archive\">Saturday, December 9, 2023<\/p><h3 class=\"news__heading u-hide-in-toc news__heading--archive\" rel=\"bookmark\">Global Refugee Forum: the IDRC Research Chairs Demonstrate the Importance of Localization<\/h3><p class=\"news__excerpt news__excerpt--archive\">&nbsp; Last week, it was my privilege to accompany the twelve IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement to the 2023 Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in Geneva. Organized by UNHCR, the goal of the GRF is to get member states to make pledges to help refugees, both within their countries and abroad. In the past,... <span class=\"news__more-link\">More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news news--archive u-width-limited\"><a class=\"news__link  news__link--archive\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/2023\/climate-change-and-migration-understanding-factors-developing-opportunities-in-the-sahel-zone-west-africa-and-the-maghreb\/\"><p class=\"news__date news__date--archive\">Monday, June 26, 2023<\/p><h3 class=\"news__heading u-hide-in-toc news__heading--archive\" rel=\"bookmark\">Amal El Ouassif: Understanding factors and Developing Opportunities in the Sahel Zone, West Africa and the Maghreb<\/h3><p class=\"news__excerpt news__excerpt--archive\">Authors: Xavier Aragall, Amal El Ouassif, Anna Ferro, Mat\u00edas Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez In the last decade, it has become very clear that climate change is not a problem of the future. This threat multiplier is causing severe natural disasters, rising sea levels, desertification, and rising temperatures in every continent, reminding us that it is not only... <span class=\"news__more-link\">More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news news--archive u-width-limited\"><a class=\"news__link  news__link--archive\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/2023\/world-refugee-day-idrc-research-chairs-show-the-world-how-to-localize-research-on-forced-displacement\/\"><p class=\"news__date news__date--archive\">Wednesday, June 21, 2023<\/p><h3 class=\"news__heading u-hide-in-toc news__heading--archive\" rel=\"bookmark\">World Refugee Day: IDRC Research Chairs Show the World How to Localize Research on Forced Displacement<\/h3><p class=\"news__excerpt news__excerpt--archive\">On May 30 and 31, in Dar es-Salaam Tanzania, something revolutionary happened. Twelve experts from some of the places most impacted by forced displacement gathered in person for the inaugural workshop of the IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement. Funded by Canada\u2019s International Development Research Centre, and with support from... <span class=\"news__more-link\">More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pagination u-clearfix\"><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"people-type":[84],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amal El Ouassif - IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/people\/amal-el-ouassif\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/people\/amal-el-ouassif\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/people\/amal-el-ouassif\/\",\"name\":\"Amal El Ouassif - 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