Maram Haddad serves as the Deputy Director of Capacity Development and Evidence-Based Practice at PHR bringing extensive experience in strengthening the capacities of health professionals and other human rights defenders and promoting evidence-based practices. Haddad has led projects aimed at refining survivor-centered processes for forensic documentation of physical and psychological harms resulting from torture and sexual violence. Haddad has developed specialized training programs for health professionals, legal experts, and judicial sector focused on good practices in the collection, documentation, use and transfer of forensic evidence, while integrating survivor-centered approaches to clinical care and documentation. In this role, Haddad ensures PHR’s capacity-building initiatives foster impactful and sustainable outcomes in affected communities. Additionally, Haddad supports PHR’s research and advocacy to advance human rights in the MENA region, ensuring that PHR’s work is impactful and grounded in rigorous methods.
Before joining PHR, Haddad worked as an assistant producer for the Arabic radio and website at the United Nations Department of Public Information. She assisted the team with all aspects of production of programs, including developing, writing, and recording broadcasts, news stories, features, and news segments. She also coordinated content from all meetings and press conferences at the UN in New York and in Geneva.
Haddad holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Damascus University and a Master of Arts in Comparative English Literature with a special focus on political novels from the City College of New York, CUNY. She is fluent in Arabic.