Senior Advisor on Women and Youth Programs at ARDD´s Renaissance Strategic Center Senior expert on gender and youth and is based in Tunisia. She works on creative, transformative processes and reforms that are supportive of gender equality, youth empowerment, and entrepreneurship. She worked for close to 30 years on gender equality, youth, protection, and development management, including in post-conflict settings and protracted crises, in the Middle East and North Africa. The experience was gained in various managerial and technical positions, including heading the Gender Section and Protection Division (acting) in UNRWA. She holds a Medical Doctorate with a specialty in Psychiatry from the Faculty of Medicine in Tunis and two Masters of Science in Development Management and Systems Thinking from the Open University.