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Siba Maraachli

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Known For: Programme Support Manager, United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA)
Country: Lebanon

About

Until June of 2011, Siba Hussein Maraachli was the National Project Officer for the International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC). Ms. Maraachli was appointed to this position by the International Labor Organization (ILO) after being employed as their Coordinator of Projects. Currently, she is a teacher/instructor at the Medical School of Social Work at the Lebanese (State) University in Tripoli. She is also the Programme Support Manager of the United Nations Relief and Work Agency. Previously, Ms. Maarachli worked as a Program Officer and Trainer at the Lebanese Council to Resist Violence against Women (LECORVAW).

Ms. Maraachli obtained a BA in Social Work in 2002, followed by an MA in Social Work with a concentration in International Development, both from the University of Saint-Joseph (USJ), Beirut.

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