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Senior Advisor
Azza Karam
New York
USA
United Nations Population Fund
New York
USA
karam@unfpa.org
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.
Arabic
English
Dutch
Transnational Gender Issues
Politics of Development
Democratization and Human Rights
Middle East Politics
Political Islam
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.
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.
