EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCES
Senior Research Consultant, The Researcher Center (2018 - present)
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Follow-up and coordination specialist, Women’s Services Centre, Supreme Council of Woman,
(December 2005 – April 2014)
· Communicating with the Bahraini governmental institutions and other civil institutions regarding women complaints issues.
· Dealing with battered women’s cases and interviewing women in need to provide advice and guidance.
· Working as a bridge between the Women’s Services Centre and the mass media organisations (TV, Newspapers, etc.)
· Setting a plan and vision of communication with partners and clients to promote the Centre.
· Planning for meetings and organising conferences.
Trainee Radio broadcaster and Producer – Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation – Information Affairs Authority (September 2004 – January 2005)
· Planning some radio programmes scripts.
· Assist in preparation of some radio programmes.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
PhD in Politics
University of Reading, United Kingdom (January 2010 – November 2014)
Thesis Title: The determinants of empowerment and the role of a codified family law: The perceptions of Bahraini women
Synopsis: Placing women at the centre of the analysis by utilising a mixed methodology of qualitative and quantitative techniques, this research investigated the perceptions of women towards the determinants of their empowerment in general and to their legal status in particular, where the codification of family law represents an intense controversy that divides Bahraini society especially the women on this matter. How women perceive the codification of family law as a determinant of their empowerment and therefore their social, legal and political empowerment is so crucial in the whole process of understanding women’s and the state’s efforts to improve their status, increase their influence in power relations, and increase their agency in the conservative and diverse religious and political orientations in the Bahraini society.
Master’s Degree in Mass Communication and Public Relations
Ahlia University, Bahrain (April 2005 – September 2007)
Thesis Title: Political orientations of Arabic electronic newspapers: content analysis of Elaph Electronic newspaper.
Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication and Public Relations/ minor degree in Social Sciences and studies
University of Bahrain, Bahrain (September 2001 – January 2005).
Graduation project: A social radio programme (preparing and broadcasting).
Secondary Level Certificate, Scientific
Al-Noor Secondary Girls School, Bahrain (2001).
TRAINING COURSES & WORKSHOPS
· Political and Social Analysis for Female Media Persons (November 2009) – Course Organised by The Supreme Council for Women in Cooperation with The Bahrain Institute for Political Development and The Jordan based Academic Centre for Political Studies.
· Small Group Teaching Course (January 2010) – Centre for Staff Training and Development, University of Reading.
· MA Middle East Studies course: Conflict in the Middle East (January 2010 - March 2010) – School of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading.
· Voice Coaching Course (May 2010) – Phoenix Again for Voice Tuition for Speech and Song, University of Reading.
· Managing Performance and People Course (October 2010) – The Graduate School, University of Reading.
· Assertiveness Training Course (November 2010) – The Graduate School, University of Reading
· Learning to work in and with other cultures course (December 2011) – The Graduate School, University of Reading.
· Organising Conferences Course (February 2012) – Reading Research Development Programme, University of Reading.
· Entrepreneurship Training Course - “So you think you want to start your own business?” (May 2012) - Reading Research Development Programme, University of Reading.
· Mixing methods in political science: From triangulation to bridging the quantitative-qualitative divide – Doctoral Workshop (April 2013) – University College London.
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
· The First Arab Women Organization Conference (November 2006) – The Supreme Council for Women, Kingdom of Bahrain (Organizer).
· The National Conference on Gender Mainstreaming in Development (June 2008) – The Supreme Council for Women, Kingdom of Bahrain.
· The 4th ESRC Research Methods Festival (5-8 July 2010) St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford, UK.
· The First Annual Politics Postgraduate Conference “Approaches to Politics: Challenges, Changes & continuity” (March 2012) – South East Doctoral Training Centre in Cooperation with University of Kent and University of Reading.
· The Middle East and the Arab Spring Conference “Changes, (in)stability and (dis)order” (June 2013) – Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading.
· The Royal University for Women Conference on Women and Society (19-20 April 2016). Presented a paper entitled “Determinants of Bahraini Women’s Empowerment”.
CORE SKILLS
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· Very Good skills in using research software (NVIVO and SPSS), since my research implemented mixed methods approach and both qualitative and quantitative analysis.
· MS. Office software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Access).
· Qualitative Analysis Approaches (Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis).
· Very good interviewing skills (media, research and elites interviewing).
· Very good skills in communicating and networking with different people.