{"id":33283,"date":"2021-11-10T09:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T09:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/staff-member\/dima-dabbous\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T20:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T19:46:01","slug":"dima-dabbous","status":"publish","type":"staff_member","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/fr\/staff-member\/dima-dabbous\/","title":{"rendered":"Dima Dabbous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"staff-member-header-banner-block\">\n\t<div class=\"columns is-mobile is-multiline\">\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-7-tablet is-12-mobile is-6-desktop\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"outer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-title\">The Team<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title notranslate\" translate=\"no\">Dima Dabbous<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRegional Representative, MENA\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-location\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-location-dot\"><\/i> <p>Middle East and North Africa<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-socials\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dima-a-m-dabbous-phd-51a97285\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-brands fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-tablet\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-18-DimaDabbous-1024x1024.png.webp')\" data-small=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-18-DimaDabbous-640x640.png\" data-medium=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-18-DimaDabbous-1024x1024.png\" data-large=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-18-DimaDabbous.png\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-5-tablet is-hidden-mobile is-6-desktop\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-18-DimaDabbous-1024x1024.png.webp')\" data-small=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-18-DimaDabbous-640x640.png\" data-medium=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-18-DimaDabbous-1024x1024.png\" data-large=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Photos-18-DimaDabbous.png\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p>Dr. Dima Dabbous, Equality Now\u2019s Regional Representative in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is an established academic and women\u2019s rights activist. She leads Equality Now&rsquo;s campaigns in the MENA (with an emphasis on family law reform) , and is responsible for movement building and enhancing the capacity of WROs and youth activists to engage in legal reform through customized workshops and trainings.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Growing up in Beirut, Lebanon, Dima\u2019s feminist consciousness was shaped by the injustice she experienced firsthand early on in life because of her gender. Before she joined Equality Now, I had a three-decade-long career as an academic, researcher, and activist in the field of media and gender, with an emphasis on media laws in the MENA, freedom of expression, and diversity.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Since joining Equality Now in 2018, Dima has led Equality Now\u2019s work supporting the growing women\u2019s rights movement in the region, including helping to train young activists in communications and advocacy skills to equip the next generation of changemakers with the skills they need to make equality a reality across the region.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Dima contributed to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/freedom_of_religion_womens_rights\">a report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief\u00a0<\/a>which said\u00a0states should not use religious beliefs to justify violations of the rights of women and the LGBTQ+ community, including\u00a0facilitating the\u00a0corresponding workshops in Tunis, Tunisia and Geneva, Switzerland organized by the Special Rapporteur\u00a0to discuss strategies to advance the human rights of women and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) minorities and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Dima worked on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/moroccan_womens_legislative_gains_and_opportunities_for_reform_in_lebanon\">Moroccan Women\u2019s Legislative Gains and Opportunities for Reform in Lebanon<\/a>, Equality Now\u2019s 2020 publication on family law reform. She has also spoken and written widely on family law reform and Islamic feminism in the wider MENA region, as well as on broadcast regulation in the Arab world, women, and Islam on Arab satellite television.\u00a0She has featured as a senior expert on media laws and gender in the Arab World for UNESCO and the BBC.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>From 2005 and 2013, Dima served as the director of the Institute for Women&rsquo;s Studies in the Arab World, implementing internationally funded development projects to empower women in the region.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Dima holds a B.A.,\u00a0<em>magna cum laude<\/em>, in Communication Arts from Beirut University College, Lebanon, an M.A. in Media Studies from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and a Ph.D. in Broadcast Law\/Policy Analysis from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>She draws inspiration from the quote,<strong><em> \u00ab\u00a0I raise up my voice\u2014not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Dima describes herself as a committed human rights and animal rights activist. She loves hiking, diving, gardening, piano playing, baking, reading, and, most of all, discovering new things she enjoys doing in life.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>She is available for interviews in English, Arabic, and French.<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"news-featuring-block\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"header-bar\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n                    <h2 data-aos=\"fade-right\">Explore Dima Dabbous&rsquo;s work<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n\n                \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n        <div class=\"content-section\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"columns\">\n                    <div class=\"column is-12-desktop is-10-widescreen is-offset-1-widescreen\">\n\n              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<\/div>\n                                                <h3>Strengthening legal safeguards to end child marriage in Lebanon<\/h3>\n\n                                                \n                                                    <p>Equality Now\u2019s policy brief on child marriage in Lebanon highlights legal fragmentation, reform barriers and recommendations to establish a unified minimum age of marriage and strengthen protections for girls.<\/p>\n\n                                                \n                                                <div class=\"button\">\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/fr\/resource\/briefs\/strengthening-legal-safeguards-to-end-child-marriage-in-lebanon\/\">Read more +<\/a>\n                                                <\/div>\n\n                                                <div class=\"tags\">\n\n                                                    \n                                   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                                   <a href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/fr\/resource\/briefs\/advancing-legal-protection-against-child-marriage-in-jordan\/\">Read more +<\/a>\n                                                <\/div>\n\n                                                <div class=\"tags\">\n\n                                                    \n                                                    \n                                                        \n                                                            <a class=\"language\" href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Advancing-legal-protection-against-child-marriage-in-Jordan-Arabic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">AR<\/a>\n\n                                                        \n                                                    \n                                                    \n                                                        \n                                                       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