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Islah Jad | |
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إصلاح جاد | |
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| Born | December 4, 1951 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Education | Ph.D. |
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| Occupation | teaching |
| Employer | Birzeit University |
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| Movement | feminism |
| Children | 3 |
Islah Jad (born 1951) is a tenured assistant professor of Gender and Development at Birzeit University. She is also the co-founder and current Director of the Institute of Women’s Studies at Birzeit and a Core Group Member of the Arab Families Working Group. A prominent figure in the Palestinian women’s movement,[1] Jad also helped to establish the Women’s Affair Centre in Gaza and Nablus, Les Amies du Francis, the Child Corner project in el-Bireh, and the WATC (Women’s Affairs Technical Committee).[2] Jad carried out Gender Consultancy for the United Nations Development Programme and was a co-author of the United Nation’s Arab Human Development Report of 2005. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Cairo University, a master's degree in political theory from the University of Nantes, and a Ph.D. in gender and development studies from the University of London.[citation needed]
WATC was established in 1992 in Ramallah, West Bank.[3]
- ^ "Islah Jad — SSRC". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
- ^ "Islah Jad". 2009-03-02.
- ^ "Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)". www.annalindhfoundation.org.