Fawzia Adam

Fawzia Adam, Diplomat

After completing a BA in Education in Sudan in 1971 she embarked on a brilliant and fully rewarding diplomatic career.Her career led her to Moscow, Washington, Berlin and Addis Ababa, where she served as Associate Social Officer in the United Nations Commission for Africa, and specifically the African Centre for Women.In 1981, while working for the Somali Embassy in Washington D.C., she successfully completed a Master of International Public Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

The result of these international experiences is a deep expertise in the field of management, research and training, public relations, international relief activities particularly for refugees and war victims, social development and international relations.

Very active in mobilizing international relief efforts for refugees and war victims, she founded SOMAID in 1988, an NGO focusing on education, for which she has been the Executive Director until 1994.She is also founder of several other grassroots groups dealing with sustainable development issues, refugee affairs and human rights in the Horn of Africa, among them REFAID UIC and the Association of Somali Women Advancement.To further develop her expertise and interest in education, she established several training centers for women in Ethiopia and Somalia, and several Child Care Centers for children in Somalia.