Zeina Zaatari

Provides vision and strategic leadership on research direction and programmatic initiatives for PRA.

Zeina Zaatari brings more than 15 years of extensive experience in global feminist analysis and movements and strong skills in research and program development and management. Zeina earned her PhD in Cultural Anthropology with an emphasis in Feminist Theory from the University of California at Davis. Immediately prior to joining PRA, Zeina served as a consultant for different projects including with the Women’s Refugee Commission. She trains junior faculty from Arab states in research design, implementation, and analysis and acts as Associate Editor, Middle East and Europe, for the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. She is a former Program Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the Global Fund for Women. Zeina currently serves on the International Advisory Board of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, as an Advisor to the Women Human Rights Defenders MENA Coalition, and is the Secretary of the Board for the Association for Women’s Rights in Development.