Nominee Biosketch

 Marwan KHAWAJA

Given name:                                Marwan
Surname:                                     KHAWAJA

Country(s) of nationality:           Palestine; USA
Country of residence                   Lebanon

Mailing address:                          UN-ESCWA, P. O. Box 11-8575
                                                     Riad El Solh
                                                     1107-2812 Beirut Lebanon
Email address:                             This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Telephone (Home):                     +961 7170 4627
Telephone (Office):                     +961 197 8365

Highest degree:                                 Ph.D.
Year:                                                  1991
Institution:                                         Cornell University
Discipline:                                          Development Sociology

Current employment/position:         Chief, Demographic and Social Statistics, UN-ESCWA

Previous employment:
1. Associate Prof. to Prof., American University of Beirut
2. Visiting Prof. Yale University
3. Assistant Prof. Syracuse University

Other honorary or professional positions:
1. Assistant Prof. Birzeit University
2. Research Coordinator, Fafo Institute, Oslo, Norway
3. Vice President, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ramallah

Publication:

1. Jabbour, S. Giacaman, S., Khawaja, M., Nuwayhid, I., (Eds.). 2012. Public Health in the Arab World. Cambridge University Press.

2. Clark CJ, Khawaja M, Spencer RA. (Eds.) Gender based Violence in the Middle East and North Africa. Special Issue. Violence Against Women 2013; 19(3).

3. Moran, M., Khawaja,M., Khoshnood, K., Ramahi, TM..,Inhorn, M. (Eds.). 2011. Violent Conflict and Population Health in the Middle East. Special Issue of Global Public Health: 6 (5).

4. Khawaja, M. 2004. "The extraordinary decline of infant and childhood mortality among Palestinian refugees" Social Science and Medicine 58(2): 463-470.

5. Khawaja, M. 2003. "The fertility of Palestinian women in Gaza, West Bank, Jordan and Lebanon" Population 58: 273-302.

6. Khawaja, M. 2000. "The recent rise in Palestinian fertility: Permanent or transient?" Population Studies 54(3): 331-346

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