Dr. Eileen Rizek Kuttab is associate professor in sociology, director of the Institute of Women’s Studies, a previous head of the Union of Employees and Faculty of Birzeit University, and an activist. She has been involved in research institutes and in women’s as well as human rights organizations. She is a founding member of the Arab Council for Social Sciences in Beirut. Most of her publications are on gender and development, social movements, in particular the women’s movement, and youth and political participation.