Azza Karam
Who Is She
Personal information
Senior Advisor
Azza Karam
Contact information / Private
New York
USA
Languages
Arabic
English
Dutch
Contact information / Work
United Nations Population Fund
New York
New York
USA
Education
PhD, Environmental Sciences, The University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996
MA, Politics of Development Strategies, The Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, 1990
BA, Economics and Business Administration, The American University in Cairo, 1988
Competences
Transnational Gender Issues
Politics of Development
Democratization and Human Rights
Middle East Politics
Political Islam
Work history
Jobs:
Senior Adviser, United Nations Population Fund, 2007-present
Senior Policy and Program Advisor, United Nations Development Program, 2004-2007
Senior Advisor on Middle East and Arab World and Director of Gender Programs, World Conference of Religions for Peace, 2000-2004
Program Director and Lecturer in Politics, Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict, The Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1998-2000
Senior Program Officer, The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, 1996-1998
Productions and works:
Transnational Political Islam: Religion, Ideology and Power, London: Pluto Books, 2004
A Woman's Place: Religious Women as Public Actors. New York: WCRP, 1998
Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers. Stockholm: International IDEA, 1998
Women, Islamisms and the State. London: Macmillan, 1998
