Dr. Sara Moussavi will provide an overview of the negative relationship between sanctions and food security in targeted nations and assess the role of humanitarian exemptions.
Dr. Sara Moussavi is an experienced development practitioner with the United Nations (e.g. World Food Programme) and lecturer in political science at John Cabot University. She is an expert in humanitarian and development programming, food security, and sanctions, with a keen interest in addressing complex humanitarian and political crises. Her research interests include harnessing development resources through national tax revenues in growing economies and developing youth employment programmes.
Over the past twenty years, Dr. Moussavi has engaged in humanitarian and development operations, including Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, the Philippines, Nepal, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Ukraine.