Fatma Khafagy
Fatma holds a PhD in Development Planning from the University of London. She led the gender program at UNICEF Egypt for fifteen years and established and headed the country’s first Gender Equality Ombuds Office. She is a founder and member of several national and regional feminist NGOs and networks, including the Egyptian Feminist Union and the Alliance for Arab Women. She also coordinated the Arab Women Network for Parity and Solidarity, “Tha’era.” Dr. Khafagy was a member of the Gender Expert Group of the North-South Center of the Council of Europe and has served as the co-convener of the Arab States CSOs & Feminist Network since 2019. That same year, she was selected as one of 20 global feminists to join the UN Generation Equality Civil Society Advisory Group, representing women in the MENA region. Dr. Khafagy has written extensively on women’s rights and gender equality. In 2024, she was elected to the inaugural Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) MENA Regional Coordinating Team (RCT) in recognition of her expertise in gender equality and climate justice. Over the next two years, she will advocate for feminist climate justice and work to strengthen movement-building efforts in the region.