Speakers at the "INGO Responsibilities in Supporting Civil Societies: Role or Control?" webinar:
Deborah Doane:
Deborah Doane is the Author of ‘the INGO problem’: power, privilege and renewal. She has worked in civil society for over twenty-five years, as a leader and activist covering human rights, development, humanitarian, environment and economic justice issues. She is a partner of Rights CoLab, and co-convenes the RINGO Project – Reimagining the INGO to shift power and resources to local and national civil societies.
Previous roles have included as Director of the Funders’ Initiative for Civil Society, a donor collaborative working on the enabling environment for civil society; Director of the World Development Movement, Head of Sustainable Consumption for WWF, and founder/Director of CORE (the Corporate Responsibility Coalition). She has sat on numerous civil society Boards and is currently the Chair of Finance Uncovered and a trustee of the Sheila McKechnie Foundation. Previous board roles have included as Chair of Rugmark UK and the Fairtrade Foundation, UK.
Abdalaziz Al-Salehi:
Abdalaziz Al-Salehi is a Palestinian researcher in the field of social sciences and humanities, holding a master's degree in sociology from Birzeit University. Al-Salehi has worked with various Palestinian non-governmental organizations in both research and coordination roles and has several published studies. He has also Lectured at Birzeit University and currently a lecturer in introduction to sociology at Bethlehem University.
Nadine El-Nabli:
Associate Director of Programs & Partnerships - MADRE
Nadine is committed to elevating and amplifying the leadership, expertise, and knowledge of grassroots Global South activists and community-led organizations within and across movements. At MADRE, Nadine leads programming to resource partners with the support they determine for sustaining their essential work and for realizing their visions for just and feminist futures. Nadine has over a decade of experience working in global and local humanitarian and human rights research, advocacy and programming, with an emphasis on anti-oppressive and decolonial approaches to capacity strengthening and peer learning. She is also an educator focused on gender and women’s rights in Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA)/the Middle East. She is from Egypt and holds an MA in Gender & Sexuality from SOAS, University of London. Nadine loves to spend time connecting with and caring for loved ones, and values her identities as a daughter, sister, friend, and community member.