Samira Bouhia is an activist who advocates for women’s rights in Morocco and more widely in the MENA region. She is an active member of a number of advocacy groups and networks and holds senior positions in many. She is a member of the Central Bureau of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights and leads on activities relating to women’s rights; coordinator of the Association’s Central Committee for Women’s Rights; coordinator of the National Coordinating Committee for the Commemoration of International Women’s Days (including human rights, women’s, youth, trade union and political bodies); a member of a committee of the Spring of Dignity Alliance (an alliance of 25 women’s and human rights organizations advocating women’s rights); coordinator of the World March in Morocco, a member of EuroMed Rights in the Working Group on Gender Equality and Women’s Rights; and a member of the Regional Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders in the Middle East and North Africa. Samira has coordinated a number of projects and training programmes relating to women’s political participation, women’s participation in senior decision-making positions as well as programmes that support female victims of gender-based violence.  From 2007 to 2010, Samira was the Project Coordinator for the women’s anti-illiteracy programmes run by the Ministry of National Education.

Participant in: December 2019 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes