Maram Al-Qassab
Studies:
Bahrain PolytechnicI am passionate about
I am mostly passionate about Women rights which includes equality in the work place, in the view of the society & overall sexual education with the awareness of victim shaming & domestic violence. I have participated in the first arab youth forum under the UNDP in jordan (13th-15th june 2015) under the women empowerment team where we have come up with a project to increase the political & leadership involvement of women in the MENA region. moreover, I have worked with the US embassy to deliver two different music camps for girls of 10-19 years old which includes hidden messages of confidence & self defence & rights given to the young girls. I have helped in the organisation of another conference in Bahrain under AIESEC where youth were invited to workshops and summits under the name of "women pioneers". I am really passionate about this topic because of the injustice women go through everyday of their life under so many different countries & laws in various degrees from mutilation & murder to shaming & unequal payment.
another topic that I am passionate about is the environment, it is a scientific fact that is ignored by many parties under false pretences & for the sake of money. while coming from an oil based economy (Bahrain) we are aware of the implications of the oil industry & the limited sustainability of oil based power & we have the financial power to convert to other more sustainable choices such as solar power that we have plenty of. so being able to see that the financial dependency changes from oil to tourism for the sake of money & not changing the main source of power for the sake of the environment & future generations is something that is very easy to change.
Actions
i have been participating in different organizations since I was 16 years old as an organiser of a program for kids of 8-15 years old in Bahrain's youth city pioneers program, at the same time I was a participant of Pioneers for the youth of 16-20 years old where I learned most of my communication and teamwork skills which enabled me of taking on different challenges.
in 2013 at the age of 18 I participated with " Middle East Program Initiative" under the US embassy where I spent 6 weeks at "benedictine university- Illinois" learning more about the process of projects' creation & interacting with people from all around the MENA region & mentors from different backgrounds in the US through volunteering in different charity organisations & working at the university. when I got back to Bahrain I have continued my participation in civil programs through being an organiser of "Girls Music Camp" for all girls in Bahrain of the age 10-19 where we have helped the facilitators in getting to know bahrain & to mentor the girls into forming their own bands while encouraging them and giving them sessions on women empowerment. (2013 & 2014)
I have joined AIESEC then as Business development where I helped in securing sales to run our project which I was the Organising committee Agenda manger (forming an agenda for 12 weeks with arabic, photography classes & classes delivered to schools in Bahrain & managing 40 international in Bahrain). I have then become the vice president of outgoing global internship program where I have created 400% growth by sending graduates abroad to gain the needed experience. Thus, trying to solve the Unemployment problem in Bahrain & i have organised a 5 days conference for over 180 delegates in Bahrain for the youth about leadership & civic engagement. at the UNDP forum we have created a women empowerment project which got adopted by miss. kawther a new regional UNDP project manager of women empowerment in which it will be implemented at 5 countries