Vital Voices Radio Podcast

Dr. Rouba Mhaissen is ​a Syrian-Lebanese economist, activist, and community mobilizer on a mission. As a 2019 #GlobalLeadershipAwards honoree, she ​is the Founder and Director of Sawa for Development and Aid​ (founded in 2011)​, a non-profit organization that supports Syrian refugees​ in Lebanon​, and Sawa Foundation UK, that supports forced migrants in Europe and the Middle East​.   Listen in as Rouba sits down with Vital Voices President & CEO, Alyse Nelson, to discuss the importance of empathy in her leadership journey to give hope and humanity to Syrian refugees.   To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org Invest in women, improve the world.   Production Credits: Producer: Christi Owiye Writer: Lizzie Kubo Kirschenbaum Host: Alyse Nelson   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/