Patricia Elias

Patricia Elias

She is French-Lebanese Lawyer, Patricia is a specialist in International Law as also Arab, French, English and North American laws. She’s an expert on gender equality, women empowerment, women’s political participation and leadership, and ending violence against women and girls, as also on rule of law and governance. She is founder of the NGO “Avenir Liban” which supported the creation of the first Ministry of State for Women in Lebanon. As Chief of the global diplomatic campaign for Every Woman Treaty, leads the overall campaign and represents it to world leaders, Heads of States, Presidents, and Prime Ministers. She’s a former senior advisor and coordinator of the UN Women regional office for the Arab States and UN Women certified trainer in women’s political participation and leadership. She was editor of Lebanon’s 4th shadow report for the UN CEDAW committee on women’s access to justice and the 6th shadow report on women’s political participation and leadership. She was also an Independent candidate to be a Member of Parliament to represent the French in Africa and the Middle East including over 49 African & Arab countries. She ranked No. 2 in Lebanon and No. 3 over the 49 countries among 19 candidates. As a humanitarian activist, she has built an orphanage in Cameroon and worked with street children in Gabon. She was awarded the Medal of Community Commitment by the Prefecture of Paris and Ile de France.