Salma Al-Nims

Functional Title: Chief, Section on Gender Equality
Institution: ESCWA - Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Email Address: salma.al-nims@un.org
Phone Number: +961 71 944 278

Bio
Prior to appointment at ESCWA, Dr. Salma Al-Nims served as the Secretary General of the Jordanian National Commission for Women from 2014-2022. During her tenure she led the development and adoption of Jordan’s first and Second National Action Plans for Women, Peace and Security. The first plan was sighted as best practice in the UN Secretary General reports on WPS Agenda for its participatory approach, strong monitoring and evaluation frameworks, implementation through a joint fund, and for having an outcome tackling the role of women in PVE. She also led the nationwide participatory process for the development of the National Strategy for Women in Jordan (2020 -2025) with its full alignment with SDG5 and other relevant SDG targets.
Dr. Al-Nims holds a PhD. in Development Planning (2004) and a MSc. in Sustainable Development (1998) from University College London, University of London.
She has more than 20 years’ experience in the areas of Gender and development. She provided professional development and gender consultancy services to several government and international organisations. Those included: the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Education, UNDP, UNWomen, UNFPA, UNICEF and CIDA.
Dr. Al-Nims was as a member of the Advisory Group to the High-Level Task Force on Financing for Gender Equality for the United Nations. She also served on the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Women Empowerment and co-chaired the “National Committee on Pay Equity” with the SG of the Ministry of Labour and the “Gender Partners Coordination Group” with the EU Ambassador to Jordan and UN Women Country Representative in Jordan.
In 2019, She received Said Foundation Outstanding Achievement Prize, which is awarded to individuals judged to have contributed significantly to the development of the Arab region.

Social

Years of experience 15+ Years
Social field: Inequality

Governance and Institutional

Years of experience 15+ Years
Governance and Institutional field: Governance, Human Rights, Institutional Development
Additional fields of expertise: Gender equality and Gender mainstreaming, Women, Peace and Security

SDGs Expertise:
GOAL 5: Gender Equality
GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality
GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions


Countries of Expertise:
Arab region
Jordan


  • Capacity building
  • Project management
  • Strategic planning
  • Team management
  • VNR Preparations/Support
Degree Title University Graduation Date
PhD Development Planning University College London 2004-11-04
MSc Environmentally Sustainable Development University College London 1998-09-15
Title URL Author/Co-Author
'Harnessing the Power of Women', in Women’s Involvement in Peace, Security and Transition Processes in the Arab World (ed), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung & Musawa/ Women’s Studies Center, Conferene papers, Introduction Author
Sustainable Urbanisation: Bridging the Green and Brown Agendas, UN-Habitat, DFID, DPU . Published by the UN-HABITAT and DFID in the context of the World Environmental Summit, Johannesburg. Co-Author
Nims, Salma (2004), ‘The dynamics of socio-environmental conflict of land reform in Jordan: a political ecology perspective’, Published working paper, European University Institute, Florence. Author