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Reem is a gender expert in the Middle East, North Africa and South Africa. She has two decades of experience in gender in education, healthcare, institutional development, environment, and technology. She has also extensively worked on gender-based violence.

 

Working with local, regional and international organizations, Reem made significant contributions to research, policy development, program management and training. Reem is the gender advisor in the SecDev Foundation, the former executive director of HarassMap Egypt, and the founder and co-director of Tannour Consultants, the first gender consulting firm in the region.

 

Reem got her PhD in Law from SOAS in 2014, and she also holds an MA in International Human Rights Law, an MPhil in Development Studies and a BA in Sociology. Her book, Negotiating the Power of NGOs: Women’s Legal Rights in South Africa, was published in 2019; it is based on her doctoral research, which focused on gender-based violence in South Africa. In 2021, Reem Co-founded BasataWBatata, the first regional children’s entertainment channel that presents inclusive and gender-sensitive content.