Iman Bibars
Who Is She
Personal information
Regional Director for Ashoka Arab World
Iman Bibars
Contact information / Private
Languages
Arabic
English
Contact information / Work
Ashoka Arab World
93 Abdel Aziz Al Saud St, 7th Floor, Apt 1, Manial
Cairo
Egypt
Phone:
+2 02 3365 5336
Fax:
+2 02 3636 3345
Education
PhD, Development Studies, Sussex University, 1999
Diploma, International Affairs, Georgetown University
Diploma, Management Sciences, Funding and Economic Development, Princeton University
MA, Political Science, American University in Cairo, 1988
BA, Political Science, American University in Cairo, 1981
Competences
Civil Society
Development
Female Heads of Household
Women's and Family Issues
Work history
Jobs:
Regional Director, Ashoka Arab World
Founder and Chair of the Board of Directors, The Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women
Director, Catholic Relief Services in Egypt
Honorary office and memberships:
Member, Policies Secretariat and Training Secretariat, National Democratic Party
Productions and works:
Victims and Heroines: Women, Welfare and the Egyptian State. London; New York: Zed, 2001.
Awards
Distinctions:
Founded the first civil society organization in Cairo's slum areas
Has served as advisor and expert on social development and gender issues for numerous sections of the United Nations and World Bank
