Maryam Alkubati

Supporting Arab Women at the Table (SAWT) project sponsored by the European Commission and in partnership with the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI).

• Writing reports, concepts notes and desk review of women's participation in peace building process in Yemen.
• Design and conduct gender analysis of current humanitarian programs in Yemen to asses key gender issues and inequalities and identify opportunities for greater inclusion and mainstreaming
• Collaborating with team members to facilitate dialogue workshops/sessions with women leaders and peace activists as part of “Supporting Arab Women at the Table” project.
• Developing gender mainstreaming action plan which includes targets, indicators, timelines and budget.
• Submitting high-quality policy brief combining findings of desk review and analysis of dialogues.

• Co-facilitated training sessions on inclusive leadership, unconscious bias, emotional tax, and gender communication that helped two companies reduce emotional tax burden on women and minorities, reduce unconscious bias in hiring processes, promote inclusive cultures in workplaces and introduce gender-neutral language for communication.
• Conducted workshops on diversity and inclusion in corporate management which helped two companies improve social and financial performances.

• Developed content on social science research methods.
• Presented lectures on integrating gender dimensions in research.
• Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge students' learning and understanding of the lectures.

• Delivered lectures on research methodology to over 50 graduate students.
• Guided class discussions and activities on qualitative and quantitative research approaches.
• Sharpened students' research skills by focusing on core concepts and topics that are needed for writing dissertation chapters.

Worked with the Peace and Development team:

• Conducted a gender analysis of the Conflict and Gender-based Violence project to ensure gender sensitive project-planning, design, implementation , monitoring and post-evaluation.
• Conducted qualitative research on gender based violence (GBV) among Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
• Developed conceptual frameworks, designed interview questions, and conducted interviews with international and local organizations from a gender lens.
• Examined the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data to reduce gender bias, improving the quality of the results.
• Performed qualitative data analysis, developed fact sheets, graphs and tables to analyze and summarize data findings.
• Submitted a manuscript that will be published in an edited book in 2022.
• Prepared materials for reports, presentations and reviewed manuscripts submitted for publications at JICA-RI.

• Courses taught: International Politics, Public Policy, International Finance and Policy, English for Academic Writing and Comparative Culture and Religion.
• Participated in lesson planning and curriculum implementation to ensure quicker rollout and delivery.
• Created lesson materials, visuals and digital presentations to supplement lesson plans.
• Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain a positive learning environment.
• Tutored struggling students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.

• Prepared and delivered lectures to undergraduate students on women's social and political issues in the Arab region.
• Taught lectures on conflict and peace-processes in the Arab region.