Lina Abou Habib
Personal information
Lina Abou Habib
Director, Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, American University of Beirut (AUB)
Contact information (Work)
Community/Lebanon Impact
Lina Abou Habib actively links the women’s movement in Lebanon to sister activists in the region and abroad. She contributes to shaping feminist public struggles related to women’s rights and is dedicated to mentoring young feminists.
Education
Education:
- Master's degree, Public Health, 1985, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Former PhD Candidate, Public Policy, AUT New Zealand.
Work history
Previous Professions:
- Executive Director, 1999 - 2015, Collective for Research and Training on Development – Action (CRTD-A).
- Programme advisor, 2002 - present, Women Learning Partnership.
- Country programme coordinator, 1996 - 1999, Oxfam GB.
Major Achievements
Publications (Books, Articles, Reports, etc.):
- Abou Habib, L. (1998a). Regional perspectives on gender training: The case of MENA. In S.J.R. Cummings, H. van Dam, & M. Valk (Eds.), Gender training: The source book(pp. 55 - 62). Amsterdam: KIT publishers.
- Abou Habib, L. (1998b). The Use and abuse of female domestic workers from Sri Lanka in Lebanon. Gender and Development 6 (1), 6.
- Abou Habib, L. (1996). Gender and disability: Do not mix. Oxford: Oxfam.
Major achievements:
- Launching and managing the Arab Women’s Right to Nationality Campaign, 2001.
- Co-founding the Collective for Research and Training on Development – Action (CRTD.A), 1999.
Competences & Skills
Field(s) of Expertise:
- Gender, Citizenship
- Economic Rights
- Leadership
- Political Participation
- Research
- Programme Development and Implementation
Languages:
- Arabic
- English
- French