Zoya Jureidini Rouhana
Personal information
Zoya Jureidini Rouhana
Director
Contact information (Work)
KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation
+961 1 392221 & +961 1 392220
+961 3 101715
Work history
Previous Professions:
- 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.
Major Achievements
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.
Accomplishments
Awards:
- The U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage award, March 2007.
Competences & Skills
Field(s) of Expertise:
- Gender Based Violence (emphasis Violence on Women)
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Trafficking in Women and Children
Languages:
- Arabic
- English