Regional Seminar on the Sustainable Development

Goals and Gender Equality for the Parliaments of

the Middle East and North Africa
Séminaire régional sur les Objectifs de développement durable
et l'égalité des sexes pour les Parlements du Moyen-Orient
et d'Afrique du Nord

Alexandria, Egypt, 18–20 September 2018

Alexandrie (Egypte), 18–20 septembre 2018

Organized jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the House of Representatives of Egypt and
the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union
Organisé conjointement par l'Union interparlementaire, la Chambre des Représentants de
l'Egypte et l'Union interparlementaire arabe

Under the patronage of the Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Dr.
Sahar Nasr
Sous le patronage de la Ministre égyptienne de l’investissement et de la coopération
internationale, Dr. Sahar Nasr

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS – LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS

ARAB IPU – UIP ARABE

• Mr./M. Fayez AL SHAWABKEH, Secretary General/Secrétaire général

• Mr./M. Samir NIHAWI

• Email: Mr./M. Fayez Al Shawabkeh, Secretary General/Secrétaire général: fayezalshawabkeh@hotmail.com

Mr./M. Samir Nihawi: samir.nihawi@gmail.com

ALGERIA – ALGERIE

• Ms./Mme Souad LAKHDARI, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

• Ms./Mme Khedija RIGHI, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
• Ms./Mme Fawzia BENBADIS, Member of Parliament and IPU Executive Committee member/Parlementaire et
membre du Comité exécutif de l'UIP
• Mr./M. Abdelhamid ABDESSEMED, Staff/Fonctionnaire
• Ms./Mme Nadia KHEDIRI, Staff/Fonctionnaire
• Mr./M. Djebril GHOUMA, Staff/Fonctionnaire

Email: Ms./Mme Aïssa Bouregba, Assistant/Assistante: abouregba@majliselouma.dz

BAHRAIN – BAHREIN

 Ms./Mme Jameela SALMAN, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

 Mr./M. Jaqmal AHMED, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Mohamed ABBAS, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Ali ALARADI, Staff/Fonctionnaire

Email: Ms./Mme Ameera Hussain Khalaf Alqattaf: aalqattaf@nuwab.bh

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DJIBOUTI

 Mr./M. Ahmed MOHAMED ALI, Chief of Delegation and Member of Parliament/Chef de délégation et parlementaire
 Mr./M. Mohamed AHMED AINAN, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Choukri ALI AINAN, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Ms./Mme Fatouma MOHAMED HAMADOU, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Ali AMDAN ABDOU, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Idriss MOHAMED AHMED, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Mohamed SOULEMAN MIYIR, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

Email: Mr./M. Mohamed Daoud Youssouf, Protocol Officer/Fonctionnaire chargé du protocole: malma2@hotmail.fr

EGYPT – EGYPTE

 Mr./M. Tarek RADWAN, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee/Président de la Commission des affaires
étrangères
 Mr./M. Kamal MOHAMED AHMED
 Mr./M. Ibrahim KAMEL AFIFY
 Mr./M. Amr KAMAL
 Mr./M. Abdel FATAH YAHIA
 Mr./M. Ibrahim ABOAHMED
 Mr./M. Samir ELBATIKHY
 Ms./Mme Suzy GURGIS
 Ms./Mme Amal ABO SHAREB
 Ms./Mme Soraya AL SHIKH
 Ms./Mme Maysa ABDEL AHMED
 Ms./Mme Hala ABU EL SAAD
 Ms./Mme Silvia NABIL LOUIS
 Ms./Mme Rasha ISMAIL (panellist/intervenant)
 Ms./Mme Shreen FARRAG
 Mr./M. Haitham ABOUELZZ ELHRIRI
 Mr./M. Hussien HASSAN KHATER
 Mr./M. Ibrahim abdal wahhab MOHY AL DEEN
 Mr./M. Amal Zakaria Kotb ABD ELWAHAB
 Ms./Mme Mai Mahmoud AHMED IBRAHIM
 Ms./Mme Amani AZIZ RIYAD
 Ms./Mme Mona El Shabrawy SAYED
 Mr./M. Ashraf Rashad OSMAN
 Ms./Mme Ingy Mourad Mounir FAHIM
 Ms./Mme Shadia Mahmoud THAPET HARIDY
 Ms./Mme Amani Aziz RIYAD
 Dr. Awwad ALZAWAIDAH
 Mr./M. Yahia Essawy ABDELFADEL
 Mr./M. Hosny Hafez IBRAHIM
 Mr./M. Rezk Ragheb DAFALLAH

Email: Dr. Ashraf Abdel Aziz, Technical Office of Secretary General/Bureau technique du Secrétaire général:
ashrafdcr@yahoo.com
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JORDAN – JORDANIE

 Ms./Mme Wafaa BANI MUSTAFA, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

 Mr./M. Khair ABU SAALIK, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Ms./Mme Sabah AL SHA'AR, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Ms./Mme Shaha ABUSHUSHEH, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Ms./Mme Mefleh ALKHAZALEH, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Awwad ALZAWAIDAH, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Mohammed MOHAIDAT, Staff/Fonctionnaire

Email: Mr./M. Mohammed Mohaidat, Assistant: mohd.mheadat@Representatives.JO

KUWAIT – KOWEIT

 Mr./M. Ali ALDEQBAISI, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

 Mr./M. Talal ALHARBAN, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

Email: ipu.grp@kna.kw

LEBANON – LIBAN

 Mr./M. Georges OKAIS, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

 Mr./M. El Walid SUKKARIEH, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

Email: Mr./M. Rashid Samaha, Head of Inter-Parliamentary Relations Division/Responsable de la Division des relations
interparlementaires: rsamaha.lp@gmail.com

MOROCCO – MAROC

 Mr./M. Abdlouhab BELFKIH, Member of Parliament, Deputy Speaker/Parlementaire, Vice-président du parlement

 Mr./M. Ahmed TOUIZI, Member of Parliament, Deputy Speaker/ Parlementaire, Vice-président du parlement
 Mr./M. Nabil CHEIKHI, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Sadi AL-MUBARAK, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Ms./Mme Soumaya ESSALMI, Assistant/Assistante
 Ms./Mme Fatiha CHOUBANI, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Ms./Mme Touriya FARAJ, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Ms./Mme Soumia OUALLAL, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Abderrahmane KHAYER, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Abdennabi ESSAGHIR, Assistant/Assistant

Email: Mr. Abdennabi Essaghir, Administrative Adviser/Conseiller administratif: abdennabiessaghir@yahoo.fr

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PALESTINE

 Mr./M. Mohammad ZEIDAN, Secretary General/ Secrétaire général

 Mr./M. Zuhair SANDUQA, Member of the PNC/Membre du CNP
 Mr./M. Emran ALKHATIB, Member of the PNC/Membre du CNP
 Ms./Mme Naela DAWAS, Member of PLC/Membre du CLP
 Ms./Mme Seham THABIT, Member of PLC/Membre du CLP
 Mr./M. Mohammed ALLAHHAM, Member of PLC/Membre du CLP

Email: Mr./M. Tahsin Alawneh, Foreign Relations Department/Département des relations extérieures:
tahsin233@gmail.com

QATAR

 Mr./M. Youssef Muhammed AL-OBAIDIN, Member of the Shura Council/Membre du Conseil de la Choura

Email: Mr./M. Rashid Al-Maslamani, International Affairs Researcher/Chercheur, affaires internationales:

Ralmaslamani@shura.gov.qa

SUDAN – SOUDAN

 Ms./Mme Hamid Badria ABBAS, Member of Parliament, Deputy Speaker/Parlementaire, Vice-Présidente

du parlement
 Ms./Mme Mohamed Suhair SALAH, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Ms./Mme Omer ABAKER SUAD, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Hafiz AHMED, Staff Protocol Officer/Fonctionnaire chargé du protocole
 Ms./Mme Amal NAEEM, Staff Assistant/Assistante administrative
 Mr./M. Fadlelseed NOREEN, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Muja YAGOUB, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Gafer ABUALI, Staff Security officer/Agent de sécurité

Email: Mr./M. Siddig Nofa, Assistant to the Sudan Parliamentary Group/Assistant du groupe parlementaire soudanais:
nofa532005@gmail.com

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC – REPUBLIQUE ARABE SYRIENNE

 Ms./Mme Roua SALEH, Administrative Assistant/Assistante administrative

 Mr./M. Mohamad AL SIIBIE, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Kadri AL HASAN, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Ms./Mme Ebrahem GHADA, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Fahd AMEN, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Hasan AL MESLET, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Majd SAOUD, Administrative Assistant/Assistant administratif
 Ms./Mme Farah HAMSHO, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Nedal HMIDI, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire
 Mr./M. Maher MOUKE MHD, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

Email: Mr. Diab Abdul Azim, Assistant: diab.abdulazim@gmail.com

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – EMIRATS ARABES UNIS

 Mr./M. Belal AL ALI, Staff Assistant/Assistant administratif

 Mr./M. Ahmed ALNUAIMI, Member of Parliament, Member of the FNC/Parlementaire, membre du CNF
 Mr./M. Abdulla YOUKHA KHALFAN KHALFAN, Member of Parliament, Member of the FNC/Parlementaire, membre
du CNF

Email: Mr./M. Ali Ali Belal, Assistant: b.m.alali@almajles.gov.ae

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PANELLISTS – INTERVENANTS

Session I, Chairperson/Séance I, Présidente: Ms./Mme Jameela SALMAN, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

 Mr./M. Laszlo Borbély, Former member of parliament of the Chamber of Deputies, Romania/ancien membre de la
Chambre des Députés, Roumanie
Email: Ms./Mme Noemi Zelko, Adviser/Conseillère: noemi.zelko@gov.ro

 Mr./M. Jos de la Haye, Governance and Peacebuilding Cluster Team Leader at the Regional Hub of Amman,
UNDP/Chef d'équipe, Groupe de la gouvernance et de la consolidation de la paix, Centre régional d'Amman,
PNUD
Email: jos.de.la.haye@undp.org

Session II, Chairperson/Séance II, Présidente: Mr./M. El Walid Sukkarieh, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

 Ms./Mme Aleksandra Blagojevic, Programme Manager, IPU/Responsable de programme, UIP

Email: ab@ipu.org

 Ms./Mme Wafaa Beni Mustafa, Member of the House of Representatives, Jordan/Membre de la Chambre des
Représentants, Jordanie
Email: Mr./M. Mohammed MOHAIDAT, Assistant: mohd.mheadat@representatives.jo

Session III, Chairperson/Séance III, Président: Mr./M. Mohamad AL SIIBIE, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire

 Mr./M. Jos de la Haye, Governance and Peacebuilding Cluster Team Leader at the Regional Hub of Amman,
UNDP/Chef d'équipe, Groupe de la gouvernance et de la consolidation de la paix, Centre régional d'Amman,
PNUD
Email: jos.de.la.haye@undp.org

 Ms./Mme Fawzia Benbadis, Member of the IPU Executive Committee and Member of the National Council,
Algeria/Membre du Comité exécutif de l'UIP et membre du Conseil de la nation, Algérie
Email: fawziabenbadis@gmail.com

Session IV, Chairperson/Séance IV, Présidente: (Ms./Mme) Abbas Hamid Badria, Member of Parliament, Deputy
Speaker/Parlementaire, Vice-Présidente du parlement

 Ms./Mme Nicole Ameline, member, UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),
former member of the National Assembly, France/membre du Comité des Nations Unies pour l'élimination de la
discrimination à l'égard des femmes (CEDEF), ancienne membre de l'Assemblée nationale, France
Email: ameline.nicole@yahoo.fr

 Ms./Mme Sanaa El Saeed, Head of the Political Committee, Egyptian National Council for Women/Responsable du
comité politique, Conseil national égyptien pour les femmes
Email: Ms./Mme Amal Tawfik, International Cooperation Specialist/Spécialiste de la coopération internationale:
amal.tawfik@ncw.gov.eg

 Ms./Mme Blerta Aliko, UN Country Representative, UN WOMEN/Représentante pays, ONU Femmes

Email: blerta.aliko@unwomen.org

 Mr./M. David Krivanek, Associate Social Affairs, UN ESCWA /Spécialiste des affaires sociales, CESAO, ONU
Email: david.krivanek@un.org
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Session V, Chairperson/Séance V, Présidente: Mr./M. Fayez AL SHAWABKEH, Secretary General/Secrétaire général

 Ms./Mme Zeina Hilal, Gender Partnership Programme, IPU/ Groupe du partenariat entre hommes et femmes, UIP
Email: zh@ipu.org

 Ms./Mme Naela Gabr, Member, UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW)/membre du Comité des Nations Unies pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes
(CEDEF)
Email: naelagabr@gmail.com

 Ms./Mme Rasha Ismail, Member of the House of Representatives, Egypt/Membre de la Chambre des
Représentants, Egypte
Email: Dr. Ashraf Abdel Aziz, Technical Office of the Secretary General/Bureau technique du Secrétaire général:
ashrafdcr@yahoo.com

 Ms./Mme Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Member of Parliament/Parlementaire, Djibouti

Mr./M. Mohamed Daoud Youssouf, Protocol officer/Fonctionnaire chargé du protocole: malma2@hotmail.fr

Session VI, Chairperson/Séance VI, Présidente: Ms./Mme Ulrika Karlsson, President of the IPU Bureau of Women
Parliamentarians/Présidente du Bureau des femmes parlementaires

 Ms./Mme Faiza Jama Mohamed, Africa Office Director, Equality Now/Directrice du bureau pour l'Afrique, Egalité
maintenant
Email: fmohamed@equalitynow.org

 Ms./Mme Nahla Haidar, Member, UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW)/membre du Comité des Nations Unies pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes
(CEDEF)
Email: haidar.cedaw@gmail.com

 Ms./Mme Seham Thabit, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council/Membre du Conseil législatif palestinien
Email: Mr./M. Tahsin Alawneh, Foreign Relations Department/Département des relations extérieures:
tahsin233@gmail.com