Samara has worked in international aid and development since 2006 supporting community-based recovery and development programs, including microfinance, community security and arms control, gender-based-violence prevention and response, civic engagement in democratic processes, gender equality and women's empowerment, and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, policing.
She has worked in a variety of countries for both international NGOs and the United Nations, including Zambia, Aceh/Indonesia, the Sudan, the Republic of South Sudan, Libya, Afghanistan, Nepal, Colombia, and Croatia. Samara has contributed to the development of policies and programming, including co-leading global studies and supporting international training and capacity development programs. She has also supported yoga communities for aid and development practitioners during many of her postings abroad, offering weekly classes and workshops.
Samara has contributed to and/or authored sections to the following publications:
She has worked in a variety of countries for both international NGOs and the United Nations, including Zambia, Aceh/Indonesia, the Sudan, the Republic of South Sudan, Libya, Afghanistan, Nepal, Colombia, and Croatia. Samara has contributed to the development of policies and programming, including co-leading global studies and supporting international training and capacity development programs. She has also supported yoga communities for aid and development practitioners during many of her postings abroad, offering weekly classes and workshops.
Samara has contributed to and/or authored sections to the following publications:
- Restoring Humanity, Global Voices Calling for Action (World Humanitarian Summit)
- Women, Peace and Security in Libya, a comparative baseline study (United Nations Development Programme)
- Nepali Masculinities and Gender Based Violence (United Nations Development Programme)
- Developing Darfur: A Recovery and Reconstruction Strategy
- Darfur Joint Assessment Mission 2012 on Peace and Security
- Sonke Gender Justice One Man Can Campaign Supports Gender Equality in the Sudan (Sonke Gender Justice)
- Multi-Stakeholder Review of Post-Conflict Programming in Aceh [Indonesia]: Identifying the Foundations for Sustainable Peace and Development in Aceh (World Bank)
- Guidance Note on Gender Based Violence in Crisis and Post-Crisis Settings (United Nations Development Programme)
- Blame It on the War, the Gender Dimensions of Violence in Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (United Nations Inter-Agency Working Group on DDR)
- Masculinities, Conflict and Peacebuilding, perspectives on men through a gender lens (SaferWorld)
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Wellness Programs for Peacebuilders (Search for Common Ground DME Blog)
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Trauma Informed Movement-Based Peacebuilding Programs (Search for Common Ground DME Blog)
Photography
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Samara has always had a passion for photography and loves capturing the essence of community members she has worked with; these are a few from the Sudan.
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Samara's photographs have been used for a number of United Nations publications and social media including:
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One of Samara's favorite projects in the Sudan involved a collaboration with Sonke Gender Justice in South Africa, and focused on supporting men and women to Break the Silence and take action to end Gender Based Violence in their communities
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