Bessma Mourad

Bessma Mourad is the Program Officer for Water at the Skoll Global Threats Fund. In her role, she manages a portfolio of grantees working to identify and address the risks stemming from water and climate insecurity. Prior to SGTF, Bessma worked with the United Nations Environment Programme’s Post Conflict and Disaster Management Branch, working at the intersections of natural resource management, conflict prevention, and peacebuilding. There, she helped to catalyze a project on women, natural resources, and peacebuilding with UN Women and UN Peacebuilding Office as well as helping to lead a project on climate change, migration, and conflict.