May Abi Samra Email & Phone Number

Lebanon

• Review the existing teacher training curriculum materials at the Centre for Educational Research Development (CERD) to identify entry points for strengthening gender equality and gender-based violence (GBV) risk mitigation;• Draft new material on gender and gender-based violence risk mitigation to integrate into existing teacher training modules;• Coordinate with the relevant Ministry of Education and Higher Education colleagues, the UNICEF technical team working in Education and GBV, and other key stakeholders to solicit their feedback and build consensus on the proposed changes;• Provide recommendations for integrating gender equality and gender-based violence risk mitigation elements in the national curriculum;• Review existing texts, policies, and other materials at MEHE and DOPS related to gender and GBV.

• Coordinate, plan and implement the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) program in the region (Lebanon/ Qatar/ Kuwait/ Bahrain/ Jordan) and to promote its’ objectives; • Advocate for legal reform on domestic workers’ sponsorship system in collaboration with local and international organizations, domestic workers’ groups and relevant ministries; • Organize meetings/workshops/ trainings with domestic workers’ community groups to gather inputs on their priorities of action and build their capacities in organizing; • Represent the IDWF in events and international conventions; • Strategize to engage and recruit domestic workers in community groups; • Convening national workshops to share inputs, expectations, to build common consensus and to concretize the IDWF strategy; • Draft donor proposals/ reports and budgets and put in place spending plans and manage budgets.

Beirut District, Lebanon

• Creating a sex positive accessible non-academic book, in both Arabic and English, that investigates the regulated and unregulated aspects of the Lebanese sex industry• Investigating the involvement of General Security in sex trafficking without dehumanizing, victimizing and eliminating the sex worker’s agency• Interviewing sex workers, trans* sex workers and women coming under the “Artiste” visa scheme, the Anti-Human Trafficking and Morals Protection Bureau under the Interior Ministry and General Security personnel• Coordinating with NGOs and INGOs working on sex trafficking and sex work in Lebanon and internationally • Analysing local and international laws on trafficking and sex work, in the Lebanese context, before and after the French Mandate and the media coverage of the “Chez Maurice” case (March 2016), when Syrian and Iraqi women were held hostage and sex trafficked • Identifying protection needs of sex workers • Advancing advocacy recommendations to fight sex trafficking, and to decriminalize sex work in Lebanon

Beirut District, Lebanon

• Supporting the field level to ensure adequate services are provided in accordance with SOPs and best practices• Supporting the management to strengthen the organizational capacity in terms of protection streamlining within AND• Assessing of team members needs and practice in conducting all the activities included in the “Safer communities for women and adolescent girls” project• Creating a capacity building plan for social workers to upgrade AND’s GBV case management provision • Creating an AND outreach strategy and capacity building plan for the outreach team• Upgrading AND’s intervention in: mobile and static safe spaces case management, information sessions, PSS activities, safety audits and GBV risk assessments, outreach activities• Establishing guidelines for: case management via phone, referrals SOP, dealing with disclosure, AND’s Data Protection Protocol, legal information sessions guidelines, introducing services, providing non-focused PSS activities, engaging with community leaders• Supporting in establishing and/or upgrading the GBV service mapping system• Preparing supervision tools/guidelines for management team

Beirut District, Lebanon

• Overseeing the implementation of adolescent girl focused activities (My Safety, My Wellbeing Curriculum and Life Skills through Drama); and training and mentoring to key staff on adolescent girls programming• Working closely with WPE Managers, to support the integration of adolescent girl approaches and best practice into existing WPE components related to community mobilization, emotional support, psychosocial support and case management. • Strengthening prevention and response strategies to address key concerns faced by adolescent girls including early marriage, harassment and isolation• Developing training resources for staff, Adolescent Girl Officers/Assistants/Focal Points, mentors and partners based on identified gaps• Developing and implementing the Early Marriage curriculum, the desk review and outreach strategy to reach married adolescent girls • Building the capacities of the IRC/ WPE Turkey / Iraq, Kurdistan teams on Adolescent Girls’ activities and curriculum implementation

Zahle District, Lebanon

• Providing ongoing supervision, leadership and technical support and guidance to all WPE program staff• Working with caseworkers and community mobilizers to ensure that psychosocial activities – case management, emotional support groups, GBV Risk Assessments and Response strategies – are planned, implemented, and monitored• Mobilizing community members to create a protective environment promoting women and girls’ safety • Organizing and facilitating capacity building strategies and trainings to respond to cases of GBV in line with international standards, provide psychosocial support and promote communities’ engagement in women’s protection and empowerment.• Preparing and updating detailed work plans to achieve the overall program goal and objectives within the intended timeline.• Overseeing systematic and standardized data collection used for internal monitoring and evaluation purposes.• Contributing in reporting internally and to donors on activities indicators and achievements.• Supporting adherence to GBV referral protocols while assessing gaps in GBV prevention and risk mitigation services and representing the IRC and WPE program on the field by attending coordination meetings with UN agencies, national and international NGOs, and local authorities• Coordinating and advocating with governmental and non-governmental service providers in promoting awareness of GBV• Contributing to program proposals of expansion and continuation of WPE activities in Bekaa region and other areas in Lebanon through field evidence based input

Beirut District, Lebanon

• Assisting with the research conducted by the LAU Migration institute• Building a sustainable funding network for the institute’s research projects• Helping with the organization of events and conferences

-Daily news round ups-Organization of events and conferences (invitations, travel arrangements, budget…) -Contribution to the management of scholars publications-Edition of articles and translations in both Arabic and English-Other administrative tasks and Public Relations tasks

Beirut

-Wrote monthly articles to be published in the Youth Magazine-Organized a campaign in universities calling for a unified ID card for all students in Lebanon

Beirut

-Coordinated between the Association and the University-Made excel lists for University Students, programs and schedules-Performed all kind of administrative work related to the opening and to the implementation of the project-Organized the arrival, departure and the stay of university students-Developed report and monitoring work to activities related to the University-Provided technical support assistance to the team related to coordination between the University and stake holders-Helped developing internal and external communication strategies with the AUNV team-Other duties as deemed by the executive director

Beirut

-Coordinate the lobbying efforts of the volunteers in South Lebanon (approximately 3 volunteers)-Set meetings with targeted candidates and MPs-Conduct meetings with targeted Candidates and MPs-Weekly gather and send all information (report, call sheets, meeting minutes, ect) to A2L Na-am team-Recruit volunteer lobbyists if needed

Beirut

-Attended workshops on the electoral system in Lebanon, and how to monitor elections-Observed the June 2009 elections in Southern Lebanon

Master'S Degree, Human Rights Law

Awarded the Said Foundation Scholarship Thesis: The “Chez Maurice” case: Media and NGOs’ Debates on “Prostitution” and Sex Trafficking.

Master'S Degree, Gender And Women Studies, 3.5

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Communication And Media Studies/ Journalism - Political Science, 3.5

Have been placed on the Distinction List as a result of scholastic achievement since fall 2008.

Education record