Rawan Kahwaji

Co-Executive Manager /Advocacy & Communication Coordinator at DARB
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Contact Information
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Gaziantep, Turkey, TR
Languages
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Arabic Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Turkish Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • Facilitation Skills
    DARB
    Sep, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • StartUp Acceleration Program
    InnoCampus
    Aug, 2017
    - Oct, 2024
  • Social Media Marketing
    Shaw Academy World's Largest Live Online #Educator.
    Apr, 2016
    - Oct, 2024
  • Google Developer Challenge Scholarship
    Udacity
    Nov, 2017
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • DARB
    • Türkiye
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Co-Executive Manager /Advocacy & Communication Coordinator
      • Sep 2021 - Present

      DARB is a youth-led, value-based organisation aiming to deepen awareness and restore peace bridges among local communities. My Responsibilities: • Managing and overseeing the organisation’s operations, managing a core team of 8 members and a facilitators team of 33 members, • Establishing the A&C unit for DARB: Communication Policy, Advocacy Procedures, Partners and Stakeholders Map, internal and external procedures, media platforms and reputation, • Increasing DARB visibility: partnering with new local actors, INGOs, and networks, building relations with media outlets and networks, • Strategic and financial planning for the organisation, • Coordinating an ongoing feminist and gender-related project: planning, overseeing finance, budget, M&E, and activities implementation. Show less

  • Syrian NGO Alliance (SNA)
    • Türkiye
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Advocacy & Communication Officer
      • Jul 2020 - Aug 2021

      SNA is a gathering of Syrian non-governmental organisations working in the humanitarian field. It aims to coordinate leadership and advocacy efforts. Responsibilities: • Drafted, wrote, and prepared SNA press releases, statements, advocacy letters, recommendation papers, reports, and briefings, • Executed SNA Advocacy campaigns on different media platforms and in regional and international networks platforms, and donor’s roundtables • Built SNA relations and joint work with other networks, • Built SNA Media platforms, website and content, and media relations, • Managed the Media Advocacy Working Group and oversaw the work and implementation of the designs and products for the media platforms. Show less

  • IOM - UN Migration Agency
    • Interpreter
      • Dec 2016 - Jul 2020

      IOM works on addressing the needs of migrants during crises, implementing migrant assistance programmes, labour integration, and resettlement program to third countries. Responsibilities: • Interpreted refugees’ resettlement interviews, working with different EU delegates, • Coordinated the daily workflow in the medical clinic during the examination process for refugees and reported to the clinic supervisors the daily caseload. • Evaluated workflow and proposed needed interventions. IOM works on addressing the needs of migrants during crises, implementing migrant assistance programmes, labour integration, and resettlement program to third countries. Responsibilities: • Interpreted refugees’ resettlement interviews, working with different EU delegates, • Coordinated the daily workflow in the medical clinic during the examination process for refugees and reported to the clinic supervisors the daily caseload. • Evaluated workflow and proposed needed interventions.

  • International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
    • Switzerland
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Interpreter - CO trainings
      • Oct 2016 - Jan 2017

      ICMC operates the Resettlement Support Centre for the United States in Turkey; the project stopped due to US immigration policies. Responsibilities: • Coordinated and conducted Culture Orientation (CO) classes, • Interpreted Q&A sessions, CO classes. ICMC operates the Resettlement Support Centre for the United States in Turkey; the project stopped due to US immigration policies. Responsibilities: • Coordinated and conducted Culture Orientation (CO) classes, • Interpreted Q&A sessions, CO classes.

Education

  • Cairo Institute of Liberal Art and Sciences
    Bridge Programme, Women's Studies
    2021 - 2022
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
    Bachelor's degree, Educational/Instructional Technology
    2015 - 2020

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