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Every week we profile a different individual AWID member. If you would like to be profiled here, please send your biographical information to membership@awid.org

Mohamed currently lives in Tunisia. He is enrolled in a Masters of Communication at the University of Sfax Faculty of Arts and Humanities and in an instructional effectiveness online certificate course at Washington State University. Mohamed works as a debate trainer at Young Arab Voices in Tunisia and has been involved in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. Mohammed also conducts trainings on social awareness and gender equality in addition he carries out awareness raising activities by organizing and delivering public debates related to women’s rights and gender equality. As a student, Mohamed is also a member of AIESEC the world’s largest student-run organization. As an activist and global citizen, his vision is to seek empowerment of youth and women, as well as achieving equal opportunities for all.

He is looking forward to hearing from other AWID members.

To connect with Mohamed, please write to membership@awid.org

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Every week we profile a different individual AWID member. If you would like to be profiled here, please send your biographical information to membership@awid.org

Arundathie lives in Sri Lanka. She studied at Visakha Vidyalaya in Colombo, is a graduate of the University of Kelaniya, and holds a postgraduate degree in International Relations. She is a veteran journalist, feature writer and a senior sub-editor. Over a period of 20 years she has worked in three mainstream newspapers in Sri Lanka (The Island, Sunday Observer and The Nation). During her academic studies she was actively involved in various women’s rights issues and has written many articles on this subject. She likes to assist vulnerable groups especially women facing discrimination. Arundathie’s postgraduate dissertation focused on women’s rights and in June 2012 she delivered a speech entitled: “Challenges in Implementing International Conventions in Sri Lanka and its Effects on Women’s Rights”, at the American Center in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Arundathie hopes to further pursue a Ph.D. in women’s rights and is looking forward to hearing from other AWID members.

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Every week we profile a different individual AWID member. If you would like to be profiled here, please send your biographical information to membership@awid.org

Simran was born in India and she immigrated to Canada with her family at a young age. She is passionate about discovering new places around the globe. Simran completed her Honors Degree in English literature and Psychology from the University of Toronto. During her final academic year she decided to become a Journalist and did her Masters of Arts in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario. While studying she produced an awareness raising radio documentary on human trafficking which exposed Canada’s reputation as a transit destination. Simran’s vision is to promote a healthy understanding and awareness of women’s issues within the South Asian community and challenge long held patriarchal views regarding women’s roles. She believes that this can be achieved through establishing and providing free quality education to all children in rural and urban India.

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Every week we profile a different individual AWID member. If you would like to be profiled here, please send your biographical information to membership@awid.org

Heidi was born in San Pedro, California, United States and has lived in the Middle East for over five years. She received her Undergraduate Degree from the University of California, Berkeley and will soon complete her Master’s Degree in Middle Eastern History from Tel Aviv University.

In September 2012, Heidi became the Executive Director of Women’s Voices Now, a non-profit organization aiming to provide a platform for the free expression of all women living in Muslim-majority societies. The organization connects women across borders in the struggle for their human rights - economic, gender, political, cultural, religious, and ethnic.  They do this mainly by organizing film festivals, traveling to Muslim-majority societies to screen the films and facilitate discussion on issues women in these societies want to address.

Heidi’s biggest dream is to be useful to the advancement of society. She wishes for a world in which people are fascinated by their differences rather than frightened by them.

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Nidal Karim is from Bangladesh and currently lives in the USA. She received a PhD in Ecological/Community Psychology from Michigan State University and has been engaged in advocacy and research related to women’s rights and gender equality especially gender based violence. Nidal spent almost two years working at the Division for Violence Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While at the CDC she supported intimate partner and sexual violence prevention programs across the US. She currently works at CARE as a gender and empowerment impact measurement senior advisor. In her advisor role she provides support in measuring and documenting the impact of various gender equality initiatives of the agency.

Nidal dreams of the day where everyone, in every corner of the world, will truly have equal opportunities, freedoms and choices and any and all gender based violence will be a figment of the past.

To connect with Nidal, please write to membership@awid.org

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