Ghada Ibrahim

Previous Professions

  • Attorney General, 1990 - present.
  • Legal advisor, 1990 - present, banking institutions and institutions of public interest, trade unions, and professional associations.
  • Arbitrator, 1990 - present, Cairo Regional Centre for International Arbitration.
  • Arbitrator, 1990 - present, Lebanese Center for Arbitration and Conciliation at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture of Tripoli and North Lebanon.
  • Trainer, 1990 - present, police officers on human rights, conventions to resist torture, convention for ending violence against women (CEDAW), fighting human trafficking.

Major Achievements

  • Several legal studies on various topics, including:
    - A legal study in the Penal Code to amend articles 522 and 562.
    - Legal studies on arbitration in the Lebanese law.
    - A study on the role of civil society in changing laws.
    - A study on the Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women.
    - A study on the human rights front criminal justice.
    - A study on the role of law enforcement in the protection of human rights.
    - A study on quota in parliamentary elections.
  • A series of articles about municipal elections, democracy in Lebanon, and women's participation in decision-making.
  • TV and media interviews on the topics of human rights, women's rights, and electoral laws.

Field(s) of Expertise

Activism (Human Rights & Anti-Violence).Legal assistance (Victims of Violence).Social Development, Civil Society and Trade Union Action.Political Action and Decision-making.Training and Legal Arbitration.

Publications

  • Ibrahim, G., Khalifeh, N., & Zalzal, M.R. (2008). Al-`onf al-qanooni ded al-mar'a: Dirasa qanouniyya [Violence against women: A legal study], commissioned by the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering. Beirut: Dar al-Farabi.

Exhibitions, Lectures & Performances

  • Gave many lectures and presentations on human rights in Lebanon, Cairo, Morocco and Qatar.
  • Gave many lectures and presentations on arbitration in Lebanon, Jordan and Cairo.

Distinctions

  • Selected by L’express magazine among one of the 100 people who move Lebanon (Les 100 qui font bouger le Liban), 2001.

Awards

  • The Nisaa Ra'idat award from the Hariri Foundation, 2001.