Karima Chebbo
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Karima Chebbo
Human Rights activist, Trainer, Researcher and Gender expert.
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+96170601913
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Karima Chebbo is the Program Manager for Gender Equality at the Collective for Research, Training, and Development-Action and Campaign Manager of the “My Nationality is a Right for Me and My Family” Campaign.
A human rights activist, trainer, researcher, and gender expert, Karima is the Executive Producer of video productions addressing various advocacy issues.
Karima is an elected member of the executive committee of the Lebanese Council for Women, where she is the head of the legal subcommittee.
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Education
Education:
- 2012: Higher Education Diploma in Women’s study with distinction within 8 specialties – history, literature, media, public health, nation, laws (regional laws, Agreements, Treaties, and international Conventions),sociology, gender, psychology– 2 year program.
- 2003 - 2006: Bachelor in psychology.
- 2006: Bachelors in work and institutional psychology – 4 year program.
Work history
Previous Professions:
At CRTD.A:
- 2015 - Present: General coordinator of the regional coalition ‘ Equality without Reservations’.
- 2014 - 2015: Coordinator of the campaign ‘My Nationality is a Right for Me and My Family’.
- 2014 - Present: Administrator of CRTD.A social media pages.
- 2015 - Present: Manager of the campaign ‘My Nationality is a Right for Me and My Family’.
- 2013 - Present: Responsible of the regional program of gender equality; Responsible for the legal unit,responsible for media relations, editor and designer of electronic bulletins.
- 2008 - Present: Lebanon coordinator for the regional coalition Equality without Reservations’.
- 2014 - Present: Member of the coalition of Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights.
- 2020: Member of the National Human Security Forum and Civil-Military Cooperation Forum.
- 2007 - 2014: Responsible of the Legal Unit of the Nationality Campaign.
At LCW:
- 2023 – 2025: Coordinator of committees between the Lebanese Women's Council and the Bar Association in Beirut (focal point).
- 2022 - 2025: Elected member of the executive committee of the Lebanese Council for Women. (Resignation at the end of 2023).
- 2022 - 2025: Head of the Human Rights committee (Resignation at the end of 2023).
- 2022 - 2025: Observer member of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee.
- 2019 -2022: Elected member of the executive committee of the Lebanese Council for Women.
- 2019 - 2022: Head of the legal committee.
FemPawer Program:
- 2024 – 2025: Advocacy Advisor at FemPawer Program in lebanon, Advocacy for women economic rights is at the core of the FemPawer program, The program “Feminist Power in Action for Women’s Economic Rights” (FemPawer) aims to strengthen the capacities of Women’s Rights Organizations and young women who face economic gender-based violence (E/GBV) discriminations in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Tunisia to become leaders for change.
Major Achievements
Major achievements:
- Elected member of the administrative board, secretary, and head of the legal committee and the human rights committee in the Lebanese Women's Council for two consecutive terms.