Experience

University of Tunis El Manar

• Tunisia
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • PhD student (October 2012 to Present) – Based in Tunis, Tunisia studying towards the doctorate

  • Oct 2012 - Present



Self-employed

• Author – writing a book title: “Friends”

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2012



NGO

• Tunisia

• CAWTAR

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2012

  TRAINING & SEMINARS. • Co-organized two technical workshops (“Empowerment of Women in the Arab” and “Violence again women in the Arab world”). Contribution included participating in writing the concept note, meeting agenda, drafting of letters of invitations, and active participation in conducting the workshops. • Participated in several workshops on Gender Mainstreaming in Water Resources Management, International Labour Organization (ILO) on core labour issues, and Water Resources Management and Good Governance. • Delivered several seminars on women’s in Islam and the Arab world, USA Montana State University.¬¬¬¬ Show less



Center for Arab Women Training and Research

• Tunisia

• Consultant at Center for Arab Women Training and Research

  • Oct 2004 - Sep 2008

  working on governance and gender related issues in the Arab world. The 3 years of professional experience centered around the following two projects: Local Governance Project  Women and Political participation: Conducted research on five countries (Egypt, Tunis, Algeria, Yemen, and Lebanon) to establish the level of representation of women in local councils and municipalities to evaluate the extent of empowerment; level of involvement in decision making and power sharing. Identified and analyzed and compared relevant texts on national and local governance legislation, national election laws, provisions for Parliamentary Elections. Prepared the study abstracts for the five countries and the relevant policy Briefs. The result of this work was published on the web.  Call for Paper: Arab Women and Legislation  Expert Database.  Legislation Database: Undertook research to identify, consolidate, and analyze relevant text of national legislation and local governance (constitutions, local governance legislation, national election laws, etc.) and maintained an active database.  Assisted the Project's coordinator to maintain a current website on local Governance, drawing on several studies covering North African countries, including current statistics. CAWTAR Database Project  CAWTAR legal database: identified, analyzed and consolidated relevant laws, constitutions, legal texts and provisions related to Parliamentary Elections in Egypt, Tunis, Algeria, Yemen, and Lebanon  Updating library catalogue: identified relevant books and references that could be used in project related research. • Administrative Officer – Development Group for Agriculture Engineering and commerce (AGRENCO), Alexandria Egypt (1990 – 1992) – Responsibilities consisted of business administration tasks • Assistant to Department Head, Civil Engineering Department at Montana State University (1990 – 1992) – Responsible for data entry and processing of the department expenditures and budget. Show less