Raghida is a gender practitioner and social researcher with over 17 years of experience working in humanitarian, development, and conflict-affected contexts across Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Her work focuses on gender mainstreaming particularly livelihood and education sector, gender-based violence prevention and response, child protection, disability and inclusion, and case management across emergency and longer-term programs.
She brings strong expertise in capacity building, policy development, designing of gender-sensitive and gender-transformative interventions, grounded in feminist, rights-based, and participatory approaches and development of curriculum with gender sensitive language.
With an academic background in social sciences, Raghida has led and contributed to gender analyses, needs assessments, protection assessments, quantitative and qualitative research that inform evidence-based and context-responsive programming.
Alongside her technical and research work, Raghida engages in creative writing and journalism. She has produced short stories and gender-focused journalistic reports addressing feminist issues, women’s lived experiences, and rural heritage, using narrative as a tool to document social realities, amplify marginalized voices, and contribute to critical reflection and cultural memory.
Raghida believes that everyone, including women and girls, have the ability to participate actively and equally with other members of society in the development and rebuilding of their communities. She is also convinced that empowering women and youth serves as a fundamental driver of sustainable social change one that promotes justice and opens new pathways for participation and leadership.