Majda El Bied is Senior Programme Manager for Africa for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD). Majda has worked in the field of parliamentary and political party strengthening for over 6 years and is responsible for the management of WFD programmes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, Kenya, Mozambique, Ghana, Botswana, Uganda, Gambia, South Africa and Nigeria. Majda has a keen interest in supporting women parliamentarians and organised the first women’s parliament in Uganda. She has worked with female MPs and leading civil society activists the in the DRC as part of a programme that sought to develop their leadership skills. Through this work Majda was able to demonstrate how MPs and civil society activists can work effectively together to overcome traditional social barriers, and advance issues of social justice.

 

A native French speaker, Majda has a degree in Journalism and a master’s in communication studies from the Institute des Hautes Etudes des Communications Sociales, Brussels (IHECS). Majda has attended a programme that focused on Understanding Women’s Human Rights at the London School of Economics.