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1 UNITED NATIONS E Distr. LIMITED E/DESA/DSD/2018/WG 23 April 2018 (Draft2) ORIGINAL: ENGLISH United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs Symposium on Women and Water Security for Peacebuilding in the Arab Region Beirut, 9-10 May 2018 NATIONAL PARTICIPANTS List of Participants EGYPT Ms. Soumaya Ibrahim General Independent Consultant on Gender and Development Cairo, Egypt soumayaibrahim1@gmail.com IRAQ Ms. Ghada Alamily General Almada Group for Media Culture and Arts Baghdad, Iraq ghada.a@almada-group.com JORDAN Ms. Reem Al Rawashdeh Senior Columnist Al Rai Newspaper reem7373@hotmail.com Ms. Mervat Kamal Batarseh Head of Environmental Education Section Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) mervtbat@yahoo.com; mervatb2000@gmail.com Ms. Nedjma Koval Saifi Founding Partner and CEO Integrated International nkoval@integratedinternational.org LEBANON Government Ms. Mey Al Sayegh Communication Manager and Journalist Communication Department Ministry of State for Displaced Affairs , ext mey.sayegh@gmail.com Ms. Mona Fakih of Water General ate of Hydraulic and Electric Resources Ministry of Energy and Water monafakih@hotmail.com

2 Ms. Imam Abd El Al Treasurer Abd El Al Foundation ; SUDAN Government Amb. Shahira Wahbi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Khartoum, Sudan Mr. Osman Hussein Abubaker General Almassar Organization Khartoum, Sudan STATE OF PALESTINE Ms. Karen Assaf Arab Scientific Institute for Research and Transfer of Technology (ASIR) Ramallah, State of Palestine Ms. Manal Tamimi Field Researcher Women s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling Ramallah, State of Palestine manal_t73@yahoo.com SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Civil Society dr.suheirraies@gmail.com Ms. Fatima WASH Volunteer Ms. Khater WASH Volunteer YEMEN Ms. Layla Lutf Al-Thour President SAM Organization for Rights and Development Sana a, Yemen ; lailalutf@gmail.com REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American University of Beirut Ms. Yasmina El Amine Project Coordinator Climate Change and the Environment Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs American University of Beirut ye15@aub.edu.lb American University of Iraq Sulaimani Ms. Maria Saldarriaga Assistant Professor and Chair Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences American University of Iraq Sulaimani Sulaimania, Iraq maria.saldarriaga@auis.edu.krd Ms. Suheir Raies Head Syria Coast Society for Environment Protection Lattakia, Syrian Arab Republic 2

3 BBC Ms. Lina Sinjab Middle East Correspondent BBC Arabic Lebanon Center for Arab Unity Studies Ms. Luna Abu Swaireh General Center for Arab Unity Studies director-general@caus.org.lb Mr. François Münger Ms. Natasha Carmi Water Advisor carmi.natasha@gmail.com Mercy Corp Mr. George Antoun george.elias.antoun@mercycorps.org Ms. Fatima Kourdy Community Organizer Bekaa Area fkourdy@mercycorps.org Ms. Nour Shoker Community Organizer Bekaa Area nshoker@mercycorps.org Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Ms. Esse Nilson Senior Programme Manager Regional water, environment, climate change, renewable energy and food security Unit for MENA Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) Sweden esse.nilsson@sida.se Mr. Zafar Adeel Professor of Professional Practice Pacific Water Research Center zadeel@sfu.ca Ms. Maria Kawahara kaw.maria@gmail.com Ms. Nina Kfoury Nichols nina.mk.nichols@gmail.com Swedish Red Cross Ms. Margareta Wahlström President Swedish Red Cross Stockholm, Sweden margareta.wahlstrom@redcross.se 3

4 UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS FAO Mr. Walid Saleh Chief Technical Advisor Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations Sana a, Yemen /2, ext UNICEF Ms. Diala Ktaiche WASH Officer Public Health Promotion United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) dktaiche@unicef.org UN-Water Ms. Daniella Bostrom Couffe Communications Manager UN-Water daniella.bostrom@unwater.org WHO Ms. Nohal Al Homsi Environmental Health Officer World Health Organization /1/2, ext alhomsin@leb.emro.who.int UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS Ms. Kenza Kaouakib-Robinson Senior Sustainable Development Officer Department of Economic and Social Affairs United Nations Headquarters robinson1@un.org UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia () United Nations House Riad El Solh Square P.O. Box Fax: Ms. Khawla Matar Deputy Executive Secretary for Programme Support mattark@un.org Ms. Roula Majdalani majdalani@un.org Ms. Mehrinaz El Awady Centre for Women elawady@un.org Ms. Carol Chouchani Cherfane Chief Cel: chouchanicherfane@un.org Mr. Ziad Khayat First Economic Affairs Officer khayat@un.org 4 Ms. Stephanie Chaban Social Affairs Officer

5 Center for Women Ms. Souraya Zein Associate Economic Affairs Officer Ms. Dima Kharbotli kharbotli@un.org Mr. El Hadi Radwan Cel: radwan@un.org Mr. Adnan Kaddoura Staff Assistant kaddouraa@un.org Ms. Mary Therese Snyder marytherese.escwa@gmail.com 5

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