Who Is She

Professions: 

Personal information

Director
Zoya Jureidini Rouhana

Contact information / Work

KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation
Postbox: 
116-5042
43, Badaro str., Beydoun Bldg., 1st. flr.
Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: 
392221 1 961 و 392220 1 961
Fax: 
392220 1 961
Mobile: 
101715 3 961

Education

Education: 
  • Bachelor degree, Business Administration, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

Areas of expertise

Expertise: 
  • Gender Based Violence (emphasis Violence on Women)
  • Child Sexual Abuse
  • Trafficking in Women and Children
Languages: 
  • Arabic
  • English

Work history

Jobs: 
  • Director, 2005 - present, KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation.
  • General Coordinator, 1997 - 2005, Lebanese Council to Resist Violence against Women.
  • General Coordinator, 1996 - 2008, The Arab Women's Court (an Arab Network to Resist Violence against Women).
  • Secretary of Women's Affairs, 1986 - 1995, Secours Populaire Libanais.
  • Member of the Executive Committee, 1979 - 1982, League of Lebanese Women's Rights.
  • Social and Economic Research Assistant, 1978 - 1985, The Consultation and Research Institute.

Honorary office and memberships

  • Founding Member of Kafa (enough) Violence & Exploitation, 2005 - present.
  • Founding Member of the Lebanese Council to Resist Violence against Women, 1997 - 2005.
  • Founding Member of The Arab Women's Court (an Arab Network to Resist Violence against Women), 1996 - 2008.

Productions

Major achievements: 
  • Launching and managing drafting the law and the related campaign to protect women from family violence, 2007 - present.
  • Launching and managing the Silent Witness Exhibition in Lebanon, 2005.
  • Launching and managing the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence in Lebanon, 2005.
  • Launching and managing the Feminist Rights Campaign to amend the Personal Status Codes, 1998
  • Organizing the second regional public hearing on violence against women and the personal status codes in Beirut, 1998.
  • Establishing and operating the hotline service for abused women in Lebanon, 1997.
  • Establishing and managing the Listening and Counseling Center for Abused Women in Lebanon, 1997.
  • Organizing the first regional public hearing on violence against women in the Arab world in Beirut, 1995.
  • Organizing several regional meetings meetings on violence against women.

Awards and Distinctions

Awards: 
  • The U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage award, March 2007.