Masters in Human Rights & Humanitarian Action, Bachelors in Political Sciences

Master Class on Tolerance - UNESCO (2024) / Peacebuilding in The Caucasus - Corridors (2023) / Women in
Diplomacy - Anwar Gargash Academy (2023) / International Humanitarian Law - Lebanese Army (2022)

Founder & Director, Lebnene Ele Initiative
Policy & Gender Consultant (independent)
CSR & Sustainability Project Manager, IAE Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne

Youth Rapporteur, EESC / Anna Lindh Foundation (Summit For The Mediterraenan) / Lebanese Youth
Representative, CSW69 – UN Youth Affairs Office x UNWomen

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Moderated the CSW69 side event “Aligning the Beijing Platform for Action and the Pact for the Future: Closing
the Gap between Aspiration and Action,” broadcast on UN Web TV. Watch here: https://webtv.un.
org/en/asset/k1o/k1o6g2js0t / University lecturer at IAE Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne on diversity, equity, and
inclusion in the workplace / Delivered a two-hour lecture at Sciences Po on nonviolent tactics used during the
October 17th Uprising in Lebanon. / Designed and led intergenerational and inter-religious dialogue events
through Lebnene Ele in Lebanon and Paris

Host & producer of the “Nonviolence Now” podcast in partnership with Pace e Bene, USAID - Plan International
- CRTD.A - Pace e Bene - NOVACT - GreenPeace International - The Movements Trust - Global Lebanese
Alliance- Various diaspora and civil society networks globally

Nominated by the UN Youth Affairs Office to represent Lebanon during the CSW69. / Commissioned to be part
of the Anna Lindh Foundation's Youth Delegation to represent Lebanon at the European Economic and Social
Committee and contributed to The New Pact for The Mediterranean "REX/606"

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Interviewed by Al Mawja Al Jedida on the diaspora's role in the upcoming parliamentary elections (2025) (https:
//www.almawja.fr/lebanon-s-crisis-of-democracy-1-4/), Panelist on Daizy Gedeon's Reel Talk: Debate or
Debacle on the Diaspora voting rights (2025) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCRje2y6kkg) Contributed to
the policy direction of the EESC’s “New Pact for the Mediterranean” (REX/606) (2025), Led community
programs integrating educational access, gender justice, climate vulnerability, and cross-border civic
engagement through Lebnene Ele ( 2022 - 2025), Featured by the NDU Alumni Network spotlighting Lebnene
Ele's tuition support to NDUers (2022), Featured by L’Orient-Le Jour on the reason behind Lebnene Ele's
creation (2021) (https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1262396/lebnene-ele-une-initiative-etudiante-pour-veniren-aide-a-la-classe-moyenne-du-liban.html).

Layal Beyhum is a Lebanese policy advocate working at the intersection of collective rights, social cohesion, and diaspora belonging. She builds civic spaces that reconnect Lebanon’s fragmented realities across communities and geographic borders. As the founder of Lebnene Ele, she has led initiatives that link educational access, gender and climate justice, and intergenerational and inter-religious dialogues to the broader question of how Lebanese communities, local and abroad, reclaim agency and belonging. Her work connects civil society actors with Euro-Mediterranean institutions to advance diaspora-inclusive policy and rights-based civic engagement.