IWD: Ghada Ali...Champion of Women’s Rights

By: Mai Shaheen

CAIRO, Mar. 18 (SEE) – International Women Day is but an occasion to pay tribute for all those, famous and non-famous, who work really hard for causes of women. Today, ‘SEE’ extend its appreciation to one of the prominent advocates of women.

Dr. Ghada Ali.. an Egyptian young professor, whose talk, with very little effort, reach directly to hearts. She advocates against harassment… she has personal traits that allow her to fully control thousands-loaded classroom.. In a very young age she could reach highest positions, now: Professor of Risk and Insurance,  Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University.

Ali is one of the female leaders of the International Club of Egyptian Women in New York. She is a regional director in Egypt. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee for Institutional Development and Investment at the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Ali is known as strong defender and advocate for female rights.. She helps in this legally but also works on social awareness campaigns. She is the vice-president of the Anti-Harassment and Violence Against Women Unit at Cairo University. She is responsible for raising awareness on combating violence against women at the student and administrative levels of the university.

In cooperation with the security authorities, she instructed girls how to defend themselves against harassers.  She launched many initiatives on and off campus, through various media means. She also organized several workshops for the administrative staff at Cairo University as well as many camps for university students.

Ali is a co-founder at the arab universities network denouncing violence against women, sponsored by the Arab Women Organization at the League of Arab States. She’s an expert in the women empowerment, and a member of the network of gender-based violence.

On the academic level, she is a professor with friendly relations to all students. She can gather students, no matter their numbers, around her smoothly. She believes that the professor's message is to deliver appreciation, respect and love, and that, only through this way, the professor can win the hearts of students.

[caption id="attachment_41388" align="aligncenter" width="503"] With the first lady of Egypt, Mrs. Intisr El Sisi,[/caption]

She featured in a famous photo next to the first lady of Egypt, Mrs. Intisar El-Sisi, during a session held at the last World Youth Forum, as both were discussing about youth issues.