Mouna Khaity joined Impunity Watch in February 2024 as a MENA Programme Officer. Mouna is a researcher and humanitarian worker with an experience over 10 years of working in the Syrian conflict and other conflict settings. She was recognized because of her activism and exemplary work in the Syrian context by EU International Partnerships on Women’s Day 2019 as one of the women who are building a better future for all.
Mouna is a Pharmacist who graduated from Damascus University. She holds two master’s degrees, the first is an MSc in Clinical Biochemistry from Damascus University and the Second is an MSc in Global Health and Conflict (winner of both Chevening and St George’s Scholarships).
Mouna has extensive work experience across development, peace, and humanitarian nexus. In the Syrian context, Mouna worked as a frontline healthcare professional and co-led the effort to establish and govern an alternative Medical Education in the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta. Additionally, She has extensive experience as a women’s rights defender and human rights advocate, she mainly focuses on accountability, transformative justice, victims-centered approach.
Mouna has worked as a research consultant/assistant researcher with prestigious universities in the UK such as King’s College, UCL, and Oxford, and with different Syrian NGOs. Her research spanned different thematic areas including global health, women’s leadership and particiation, disability inclusion, gender-based violence, and human rights/migration rights.
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