Impact
I have one mission: to build the financing, policy, and institutions that ensure mothers survive, children thrive, and women lead the peace.
Every number on this page is a person. A mother who made it through delivery. A child who got vaccinated. A woman who walked into a room where the decisions were being made — and changed what came out of it.
193
Countries
Impacted
4
UN
RESOLUTIONS
SHAPED
9
Million+
TED TALK VIEWS
$1
Billion+
Directly Managed
40+
Countries Advised
at Head of State & Executive Level
5
Institutions I've Created:
$40
Billion+
Capital Mobilized
Voice of Libyan Women, For Mama/Every Pregnancy, The Beginnings Fund, Omnis Institute, The New Now
We are closer than most people realize to a world that works for the people it currently fails.
Dr. Alaa Murabit
What Changed
Initiatives & Outcomes
35+
Cities & Communities Reached
Founded at 21 during the Libyan revolution, Alaa built a movement of hundreds of community organizations and leaders across Libya and launched the Noor Campaign. She pioneered a faith-rooted approach to inclusive security that has been replicated internationally.
Voice of Libyan Women
Founded · Peace & Security · Women's Leadership · A Turning Point — IN WOMEN'S RIGHTS GLOBALLY
“Human Rights Watch called VLW’s work a “turning point in women’s rights globally.” The methodology has since been adopted across multiple countries and conflict settings.”
$38 Million
Raised in Two Ramadans
She created the first global faith-philanthropic collaborative for maternal and newborn health. Built a 30+ partner coalition and mobilized Islamic philanthropy - zakat, sadaqah, Ramadan giving - at scale. She then spun it out into an independent organization (Every Pregnancy).
For Mama (now Every Pregnancy)
CREATed · Faith-Aligned Capital · Maternal Survival
“500,000+ mothers and babies received services. Proved a new model of development financing that the sector had been slow to recognize.”
193
COUNTRIES
Alaa was twice appointed a UN Sustainable Development Goals Global Advocate for her work co-architecting and advancing the SDG framework with particular focus on Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions.
The Sustainable Development Goals now guide how 193 countries align trillions of dollars in public and private capital with measurable outcomes in health, education, security, and poverty reduction. The Sustainable Development Goals
Co-Architect · Global Governance · Systems Design · Global Advocate
“The operating system for global development across every country on earth. Appointed SDG Advocate by two successive UN Secretaries-General.”
$600+ Million
Collaborative Fund
The Beginnings Fund is the largest collaborative philanthropic fund dedicated to maternal and newborn health in Africa. Alaa came up with the original idea, presented it to leadership, and co-developed it with partners across the Gates Foundation and beyond, targeting the highest-burden countries on the continent.
The Beginnings Fund
IDEATED & Co-Developed · Health Financing Architecture · Maternal & Child Survival
“34 million mothers and babies reached. 300,000+ lives saved by 2030.”
$1 Billion+
Directly Managed
Gates Foundation: Global Health Policy, Program Advocacy and Communications Strategy
Inaugural Director · Institutional Transformation · 20+ HealtH PORTFOLIOS · Investment director
Led a $1B+ portfolio spanning 21 health strategies as inaugural Global Advocacy Director. Drove the resource mobilization strategy across the Foundation's major health financing platforms — including Gavi, the Global Fund, and CEPI — contributing to the $40B+ in capital mobilized for global health and development. Created the Foundation's women's health global advocacy strategy, led its fragile settings programmatic assessment, and established the Fragile, Conflict & Violence community of practice.
“The women’s health strategy contributed to the McKinsey-WEF finding of a $1 trillion annual GDP opportunity in closing the women’s health gap — reframing women’s health as economic imperative.”
40+
Countries Advised at Head of State & Executive Level
Direct strategic counsel to governments, sovereign wealth funds, and multilateral institutions across 40+ countries on health financing, security architecture, women's leadership, and sustainable development. Senior external expert advisor to Bain & Company on financing, sustainability, health, resilience, and philanthropy strategies.
Strategic Advisory to Governments & Institutions
Personal Advisory · Bain & Company · Head of State Level
The money to build the world we say we want already exists. What's been missing is the architecture to move it to the people doing the work.
Dr. Alaa Murabit
Policy Changed
Resolutions & Frameworks
Across two decades of work across peace, health, and global development, I contributed to shaping the following resolutions and frameworks:
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UN Security Council Resolution 2122 (2013)
Women's Participation in Conflict Prevention
Strengthened women's roles in conflict prevention and resolution, requiring regular briefings on women, peace, and security in country-specific situations.
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UN Security Council Resolution 2242 (2015)
Women & Countering Violent Extremism
Integrated women, peace, and security into the counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism agendas, recognizing women's leadership in prevention.
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UN Security Council Resolution 2467 (2019)
Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence
Advanced a survivor-centred approach to conflict-related sexual violence, strengthening accountability and access to justice for survivors.
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UN Security Council Resolution 2493 (2019)
Full Implementation of the WPS Agenda
Called for full implementation of the Women, Peace and Security framework, demanding meaningful participation of women at all stages of peace processes.
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Sustainable Development Goals (2015)
The Global Development Framework
Co-architected the 17-goal framework now adopted by 193 countries, with a particular focus on Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions.
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UN High-Level Commission (2016)
Health, Employment & Economic Growth
Commission recommendations target 40 million new health sector jobs, closing an 18 million health worker shortfall, and measurable health access improvements for billions.
Institutions Built
What Carries On
Voice of Libyan Women
CREATED · 2011
The first organization to centre women's faith leadership in Libyan peacebuilding. Methodology replicated internationally and shifted how the world understood the relationship between faith, women's rights, and security.
The Beginnings Fund
Conceived & Co-Developed · 2022
$600M collaborative — the largest dedicated to maternal and newborn health in Africa. 34M reach. 300K+ lives by 2030.
Omnis Institute
Co-Created · 2016
Independent non-profit empowering emerging local leaders on critical global issues.
For Mama (now Every Pregnancy)
Created · 2023
The first global faith-philanthropic collaborative for maternal and newborn health. $38M raised. 500K+ served. Now an independent entity.
Sustainable Growth Practice, 500 Global
Created Practice · 2025
Founded the Sustainable Growth practice within 500 Global, bringing private-sector capital to climate, development, and security across frontier markets.
The New Now
Co-Created · 2017
A coalition of next-generation global leaders, modeled on The Elders, convening to address the defining challenges of our time.