Middle East Hub
The Middle East Hub is based at the Social Research Center, American University Cairo, Egypt:
Convenor: Hania Sholkamy
Social Research Center
The American University in Cairo
AUC Avenue, PO Box 74
Cairo
Egypt
Social Research Center, American University Cairo
Pathways Middle East
The Social Research Center conducts and encourages multidisciplinary social science research in Egypt and the Arab region, trains researchers, guides and assists scholars and organisations engaged in social science research in the region.
Team Members:
Mona Ibrahim Ali
Ragui Assad
Mona Bakr (Programme Administration)
Lenka Benova
Heba Gowayed
Kristina Hallez (Communications Officer)
Mohamed Hassan
Dalia Hassanin (Accounts)
Heba Nassar
Hoda Rashad
Mulki Al Sharmani
Sawsan Sherif
Gunilla Soliman (Programme Administration)
Partners:
Birzeit University, Palestine:
Islah Jad
Penny Johnson
Eileen Kuttab
Aitemad Muhanna (independent researcher)
Randa Nasser
Nahda Shehada
Website: http://www.birzeit.edu/
The Women in Memory Forum, Egypt
Website: http://www.wmf.org.eg/
Population Council, Regional Office
Website: http://www.popcouncil.org/me/egypt.html
Research
Despite decades of development, analysis and activism the questions surrounding the pathways women take to realise empowerment and equity are still unanswered, and the research strategy for this region aims to address this. The RPC mainly works in Egypt and Palestine, and engages in its activities wider networks of researchers, activists and practitioners in the Arab region using the following four principles to guide them:
- Integration and articulation of activities
- Mutual capacity building
- Create a locally relevant and meaningful literature on women’s empowerment in Arabic and simultaneously develop the ability to critically engage with global debates and policy
- Connect activities to changing realities on the ground
Working Group on Women's Work
Conditional Cash Transfers in Egypt
Reforming Egyptian Personal Status Laws: A Study of Legal Changes since 2000, Court Room Practices, and Gender Justice
Local Governments between Building the Islamic Nation and Women’s Empowerment
Poor Women's Agency in Gaza: Between 'Doing' and 'Being'
Ana el Hekkaya (I am the story) (formerly Qalet el-Rawiyeh)
Talking Empowerment in Plain Arabic
Tracing and Measuring Empowerment and Change in Women’s Lives
Unmarried in Palestine: Embodiment and (Dis)empowerment in the Lives of Single Palestinian Women
Women's Political Participation in Egypt
The research coordinated by Birzeit University is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs under our Pathways of Women's Empowerment in Countries in Crisis project.
Partners: