Iman Bibars

Organizations: NGOs
Professions: Director, Founder

PERSONAL INFORMATION


Regional Director for Ashoka Arab World

Iman Bibars

CONTACT INFORMATION / WORK


Ashoka Arab World

93 Abdel Aziz Al Saud St, 7th Floor, Apt 1, Manial

Cairo

Egypt

+2 02 3365 5336

+2 02 3636 3345

ibibars@ASHOKA.ORG

http://www.ashoka.org/

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.

languages


Arabic

English

COMPETENCES


Civil Society

Development

Female Heads of Household

Women's and Family Issues

WORK HISTORY


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.

Victims and Heroines: Women, Welfare and the Egyptian State. London; New York: Zed, 2001.

AWARDS


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.