Inequality ( 20 years )
Name
Dr. Islah JadBiography
• Islah Jad (Hossneya Gad) is an Associate Professor, Jad is a lecturer on gender issues and politics at the Women's Studies Institute and Cultural Studies Institute of Bir Zeit University, where she was its director from 2008-2013. She is a founding member of its women’s studies MA program. She has written books and papers on the role of women in politics, Palestinian women and the relationships among them, Islam, and NGOs. Dr. Jad is also a consultant on gender issues to the United tions Development Programme and is co-author of the UN's Arab Development Report on Women's Empowerment and author of two books. • 1-Palestinian Female Headed Households, MAS, Rmallah, 2002. • 2-Women at the Crossroads: The Palestinian Women's Movement between tiolism, Secularism and Islamism, Syracuse University Press 2018. • Dr. Jad received her Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London in 2004.
Qualifications
Doctorate, SOAS University of LondonCurrent or most recent Employer
Associate Professor
Bir Zeit University
Time in Post - 8
Organisation Type: University
Regional Expertise
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic,
Disciplinary or professional background
Development Studies, Political science, Policy/political advocacy (including human rights), Social/Public Policy
Languages
Arabic (Spoken),
Arabic (Written),
Arabic (Primary Writing Language),
English (Spoken),
English (Written),
French (Spoken),
French (Written),
Other* (Spoken),
Other *English
Contact Info
i_jad@yahoo.com
972600000000
Public Profiles
https://www.linkedin.com/in/islah-jad-883148153/
Current Areas of Policy Interest
Governance (National) ( 20 years )
Governance (Local Governance and Decentralization) ( 15 years )
Family policy ( 25 years )
Gender equality
Work relates to groups
Youth ( 3 years )
Women ( 25 years )
Areas of Policy Interest over the last ten years
Areas of Policy Interest researched, programmes designed and/or delivered in the last ten years
Inequality
Governance (National)
Governance (Local & Decentralization)
Gender equality
Labour and employment polices
Conflict & Security
Engagement
Academic publications
Palestinian Women’s Activism: tiolism, Secularism, Islamism https://muse.jhu.edu/book/63232
Academic conferences
many conferences
Television