WDC Career Event with Dr. Bama Athreya, USAID
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Dr. Bama AthreyaDate & time
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Join us for an inspiring career event with Dr. Bama Athreya, a former Deputy Assistant Administrator at USAID, where she led global initiatives in gender equality, child protection, and the rights of marginalized populations. With a wealth of experience in both the public and nonprofit sectors, Dr. Athreya will share her journey and insights on how to advance social equity and inclusion through policy, advocacy, and multilateral engagement. Learn from her experiences leading high-level international delegations and shaping global programs that drive real-world change.
From the Speaker’s Bio:
Bama Athreya, Ph.D, most recently served as Deputy Assistant Administrator in USAID’s Bureau for Inclusive Growth, Partnerships and Innovation, where she managed global portfolios related to gender equality, child protection, youth in development, and ensuring the rights and inclusion of marginalized and underrepresented populations. She has been a senior leader in the public and nonprofit sectors. She has led interagency and multilateral engagement and represented the US government in delegations to the UN General Assembly, Commission on the Status of Women, G20 and COP28. She previously held an Economic Inequality Fellowship with Open Society Foundations focused on the digital economy and served as a senior advisor for gender, equity and inclusion to Laudes Foundation. Past positions include a previous stint at USAID’s Center for Democracy, Rights and Governance, where she worked on new policy guidance and developed global programming to advance labor rights and women’s economic empowerment. She also spent several years leading human rights advocacy as the Executive Director of the International Labor Rights Forum. She has a longstanding affiliation with the University of Michigan. She has previously served on the Board of Advisors for the Erb Institute, taught short courses as a visitor at Ford School, and completed her. Ph.D. in cultural anthropology at the Rackham Graduate School.
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