Jawida Mansour

Jawida is a culture programme officer at the UNESCO Regional Office for the Gulf States and Yemen based in Doha, Qatar, with more than 12 years of experience working in the field of cultural heritage, economic development programmes, and engineering consultancy. She holds a MSc in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies from KU Leuven in Belgium,an MA in Heritage Management from the University of Kent in the UK and a BSc in Architectural Engineering from Birzeit University, Palestine. She has some publications in multiple topics including women empowerment, urban planning, community-based eco-tourism, and cultural heritage as a tool for community development.