Afaf Jabiri is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Gender Studies, SOAS, University of London. She was the regional director of Karama (Dignity) Network, and the founder of the Jordanian Women’s Union Aid Centre and Shelter for women survivors of violence. Afaf led the last two women’s NGO delegations to the CEDAW committee’s Constructive Dialogues with State of Jordan, and to the UN Commission on the Status of Women