Fahima Charafeldine
Who Is She
Personal information
Independent Consultant, Researcher
Fahima Charafeldine
Contact information / Work
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Education
Education:
- Doctorate degree, Philosophy, 1993, University of Paris, France.
- Doctorate degree, Political Philosophy, 1981, University of Paris, France.
- Master’s degree, Philosophy of Politics, 1979, University of Paris, France.
- Master’s degree, Philosophy, 1978, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
- Bachelor degree, Philosophy, 1970, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
Areas of expertise
Expertise:
- Gender
- Philosophy
- Research in Social Sciences
- Research about Arab and Lebanese Women
- Women's Rights
Languages:
- French
- Arabic
Work history
Jobs:
- Researcher in the following fields: women's rights, social sciences and political sciences.
- Expert in human rights and gender mainstreaming in international agencies such as ESCWA, UNDP, UNIFEM, and UNESCO.
- Vice President, 1994 - present, National Committee for the Follow up of Women's Issues.
- Professor, 1981 - present, Institute of Social Sciences, Lebanese University.
- Associate Researcher, 1983 - 2000, Third World Forum.
- Editor in Chief, 1992 -1994, The Arab Thought Journal.
- Director of Research, 1980 - 1993, Arab Development Institute.
- Director General, 1983 - 1993, Arab Development Institute.
Honorary office and memberships
- Founding Member of the Lebanese Women Network, 2004 - present.
- Member of the Editorial Board of IDAFAT Journal of the Arabic Association of Sociology, 2003 - present.
- Secretary General of the Arab Sociological Association, 2002 - 2008.
- Member of the Editorial Board of Bulletin:Kadaya, 2002 - present.
- Member of the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO, 1994 - 1997.
- Member of the National Commission of Women for the 5th Conference on Women in Beijing, 1994 - 1995.
- Founding Member of the National Committee for the Follow up of Women's Issues, 1994 - present.
- Member of the Council of the United Nations Institute for Research on Social Development (UNRISD) (Geneva), 1991 - 1997.
Productions
Publications highlights:
- Charafeldine, F. (2009). Mawqa' Al-mar`a fi hal anizaat [The role of women in conflict resolution]. [Unpublished manuscript]. Beirut: Women's Center, ESCWA.
- Charafeldine, F. (2009). The situation of Lebanese women married to non-Lebanese. Beirut: United Nations Development Programme.
- Charafeldine, F. (2008). Athar al-baramej wannashataat al mouta'alliqa bi houqouq al insan 'ala al-thaqafa fi loubnan [The impact of programs and activities of human rights on the Lebanese culture]. [Unpublished manuscript]. Beirut: Lebanese University.
- Charafeldine, F. & Kabbara Chaarani, A. (2008). Attamyeez fi kotob al qira`a al-Arabiya wattarbiya al-wataniyya wattanshi`a al-madaniya fi al-marhala al-moutawassita fi Loubnan - Mouqaraba jandariyya [Discrimination against women in the intermediate Arabic reading and national and civic eduction textbooks - a gender based approach]. Beirut: National Committee for the Follow-up on Women's Issues.
- Charafeldine, F. (2008). Alaam annisa` wa ahzanihinna: Al-'ounf azzawji fi loubnan[The pain and sorrow of women: Domestic violence in Lebanon]. Beirut: Dar al-Farabi.
- Charafeldine, F. (2008). Tarikh al-haraka annisa`iya al-'arabiya: Dirasa istitla'iya[History of the Arab women's movement: A survey]. [Unpublished study]. Beirut: National Committee for the Follow-up on Women's Issues.
- Charafeldine, F. (2008). Qira`a fi tarikh al-haraka annisa`iya allubnaniya [Reading into the Lebanese women's movement]. Unpublished study]. Beirut: National Committee for the Follow-up on Women's Issues.
- Charafeldine, F. & Kabbara Chaarani, A. (2006). Attamyeez fi kotob al qira`a al-Arabiya wattarbiya al-wataniyya wattanshi`a al-madaniya fi al-marhala al-ibtida'iya fi loubnan - Mouqaraba jandariyya [Discrimination against women in the elementary Arabic reading and national and civic eduction textbooks - a gender based approach]. Beirut: National Committee for the Follow-up on Women's Issues.
Major achievements:
- Contributed to the drafting of the first, second, and third shadow report on the implementation of the CEDAW convention in Lebanon, prepared by the Committee for the Follow-up on Women's Issues (CFUWI) in 1999, 2004 and 2008 respectively.
