Abir Chebaro is a gender consultant and activist who has been advocating for women’s rights for over 20 years throughout her work with the government and with multiple CSOs.
She held various official posts such as, Gender Advisor to the President of the Council of Ministers, Vice President of the National Commission for Lebanese Women – NCLW and Advisor to the Minister of State for Women’s Affairs.
She was selected by OECD as a member of the Competitiveness Platform for Women’s Economic Empowerment for MENA region where she still serves.
She serves also as member of the Advisory Working Group for the Generation Equality Forum- UN.
As Gender specialist she consulted for UNDP and UNFPA.
Since January 2021, Abir has been appointed as Adjunct Faculty at the Lebanese American University.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from AUB and has several publications.