Understanding the dimensions, ramifications and dynamics of systematic exclusion and discrimination is fundamental to raising awareness about it, educating about it, changing culture, and most importantly, addressing it. As painful as exclusion is, understanding it and deconstructing it is a fundamental first step if we are to move towards inclusive futures.
Inclusive Urban Future was honoured to interview NGO Monitor Vice President Olga Deutsch. A leader in her own right Olga Deutsch is a household name in international media from Israel to Australia. Olga brings a critical analysis of exclusion through the lens of contemporary antisemitism, empowering perspective to understand the dynamics of exclusion and lessons on how to ensure our common global futures are inclusive for all.
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Olga Deutsch is the vice president of NGO Monitor, a watchdog group that promotes greater transparency among foreign-funded nongovernmental organizations operating in Israel. Olga graduated from the University of Belgrade and the University of Munich with degrees in banking, insurance, and finance. She was awarded a Fellowship with the Ford Motor Company, graduating as a Community Leader at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University in New York. Before making Aliya in 2009, she served as the Chairperson of the European Union of Jewish Students, an umbrella organization for 34 national unions. In 2008, she received the International Leadership Prize from the American Jewish Committee. Over the past 12 years, Olga has held senior positions in the private sector in Europe and Israel. Olga is fluent in Serbian, English, Hebrew, and German.
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