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Nadia Zibani

Senior Program Officer

Nadia Zibani works in the Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program and is involved in projects related to out-of-school adolescent girls and child labor in Egypt. Before joining the Population Council, she took part in the Egyptian Labor Market Survey of 1998 and conducted research on children’s work and schooling in Egypt.

Zibani holds a diplome d’etudes approfondies (DEA) in economic development from the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Nadia Zibani

Senior Program Officer

Ishraq: Bringing Marginalized Rural Girls into Safe Learning Spaces in Upper Egypt (more)
Launched in 2001, Ishraq, which means “sunrise” in Arabic, seeks to improve the educational, health, and social opportunities for vulnerable girls in rural Upper Egypt.
(1/2001 - ongoing)
Topics: Schooling; Social isolation/support
Countries: Egypt

Nadia Zibani

Senior Program Officer

Scaling up asset-building programs for marginalized adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt  (PDF
Zibani,Nadia; Brady,Martha
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 12)
Publication date: 2011

The effect of domestic work on girls' schooling: Evidence from Egypt  (abstract
Assaad,Ragui; Levison,Deborah; Zibani,Nadia
Feminist Economics 16(1): 79-128
Publication date: 2010

Hazards and gender in children's work: An Egyptian perspective  (PDF
Zibani,Nadia
Publication date: 2009

Gender inequality 
Zibani,Nadia
Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group (SDP IWG)
Publication date: 2007

Providing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt--full report  (PDF
Brady,Martha; Assaad,Ragui; Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Salem,Abeer; Salem,Rania; Zibani,Nadia
Publication date: 2007

The Ishraq Program: Reshaping gender norms in rural upper Egypt  (PDF
Salem,Abeer; Zibani,Nadia
ISSBD Newsletter 52(2): 1-5
Publication date: 2007

Providing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt  (PDF
Brady,Martha; Assaad,Ragui; Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Salem,Abeer; Salem,Rania; Zibani,Nadia
Publication date: 2006

Providing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt [Arabic]  (PDF
Brady,Martha; Assaad,Ragui; Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Salem,Abeer; Salem,Rania; Zibani,Nadia
Publication date: 2006

Ishraq: Safe spaces to learn, play and grow: Expansion of recreational sports program for adolescent rural girls in Egypt  (PDF
Zibani,Nadia
Ishraq: Safe Spaces for Girls to Learn, Play and Grow, Program Document
Publication date: 2004

Nadia Zibani

Senior Program Officer

Behavioral survey among street children in Greater Cairo and Alexandria (abstract)  
Poster presentation at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Detroit, 30 April
Nada,Khaled; Suliman,El Daw; Zibani,Nadia
Publication date: 2009

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E-mail: nzibani@popcouncil.org

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Nadia Zibani
Population Council
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PO Box 168, Maadi
Cairo,  11431 Egypt
+20 2 2525 5967

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