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Dina Najjar

Dina Najjar

Senior Gender Scientist
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About Dina

Dr. Dina Najjar joined ICARDA in 2014 as a social and gender specialist. A socio-cultural anthropologist by training, she focuses on the link between gender equality and policies; agricultural technologies and delivery systems; rural employment and migration; adaption to climate change; and productive assets, including access to land and ownership, in the Middle East and North Africa.

Her geographical expertise includes Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Sudan. She has also conducted research in Uzbekistan, Kenya, Ethiopia, and India. Dr. Najjar is fluent in Arabic and proficient in French and Swahili. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Dina Najjar's Publications

Seeds of change: cultivating feminist leadership in the co-operatives of the MENA region

Seeds of change: cultivating feminist leadership in the co-operatives of the MENA region

September 18, 2025 Journal Article
Governing agrifood systems for climate resilience and gender inclusivity: A strategic review of the evidence

Governing agrifood systems for climate resilience and gender inclusivity: A strategic review of the evidence

August 07, 2025 Journal Article
Community-based breeding programs and animal health interventions in the extensive production system of Ethiopia: a political economy and stakeholder analysis

Community-based breeding programs and animal health interventions in the extensive production system of Ethiopia: a political economy and stakeholder analysis

July 29, 2025 Journal Article
Strengthening women’s resilience and participation in climate governance in the agrifood sector through public policies: a strategic review of literature

Strengthening women’s resilience and participation in climate governance in the agrifood sector through public policies: a strategic review of literature

July 14, 2025 Journal Article
She Inherits, She Sells: community-based theatre to strengthen women’s land rights and entrepreneurship

She Inherits, She Sells: community-based theatre to strengthen women’s land rights and entrepreneurship

May 08, 2025 Journal Article
Transforming land rights, improving rural livelihoods, andcarving just responses to the climate crisis

Transforming land rights, improving rural livelihoods, andcarving just responses to the climate crisis

May 08, 2025 Journal Article
The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?”

The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?”

April 28, 2025 Journal Article
Trait preferences and lentil varietal adoption in central Ethiopia: A multistakeholder approach

Trait preferences and lentil varietal adoption in central Ethiopia: A multistakeholder approach

April 02, 2025 Journal Article
The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco

The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco

January 31, 2025 Journal Article
Beer, barley, livestock, milk: Who adopts agricultural innovations in rural Rajasthan?

Beer, barley, livestock, milk: Who adopts agricultural innovations in rural Rajasthan?

November 23, 2024 Journal Article
Understanding Agency Within Context: The Case of Breeding Cooperatives Program for Transforming Small Ruminant Value Chain in Ethiopia

Understanding Agency Within Context: The Case of Breeding Cooperatives Program for Transforming Small Ruminant Value Chain in Ethiopia

April 22, 2024 Journal Article
Fostering an enabling environment for equality and empowerment in agri-food systems: An assessment at multiple scales

Fostering an enabling environment for equality and empowerment in agri-food systems: An assessment at multiple scales

March 01, 2024 Journal Article
A feminist political ecology of agricultural innovations in smallholder farming systems: Experiences from wheat production in Morocco and Uzbekistan

A feminist political ecology of agricultural innovations in smallholder farming systems: Experiences from wheat production in Morocco and Uzbekistan

November 01, 2023 Journal Article
“Even the goats feel the heat:” gender, livestock rearing, rangeland cultivation, and climate change adaptation in Tunisia

“Even the goats feel the heat:” gender, livestock rearing, rangeland cultivation, and climate change adaptation in Tunisia

September 05, 2023 Journal Article
Challenging structures: gender transformative interventions by livestock CRP in Ethiopia

Challenging structures: gender transformative interventions by livestock CRP in Ethiopia

September 04, 2023 Journal Article
Can a cash crop be a women’s crop?: Examining gender norms, relations and equity around lentil commercialization in Ethiopia

Can a cash crop be a women’s crop?: Examining gender norms, relations and equity around lentil commercialization in Ethiopia

August 17, 2023 Journal Article
Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia

Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia

July 03, 2023 Journal Article
Pathways to Empowerment: Case Studies of Positive Deviances in Gender Relations in Ethiopia

Pathways to Empowerment: Case Studies of Positive Deviances in Gender Relations in Ethiopia

September 26, 2022 Journal Article
Empowerment resources, decision-making and gender attitudes: which matter most to livestock keepers in the mixed and livestock-based systems in Ethiopia?

Empowerment resources, decision-making and gender attitudes: which matter most to livestock keepers in the mixed and livestock-based systems in Ethiopia?

July 16, 2022 Journal Article
Feminization, rural transformation, and wheat systems in post-soviet Uzbekistan

Feminization, rural transformation, and wheat systems in post-soviet Uzbekistan

April 04, 2022 Journal Article
“Dear brother farmer”: Gender, agriculture and digital extension in rural Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic

“Dear brother farmer”: Gender, agriculture and digital extension in rural Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic

March 31, 2022 Journal Article
Livestock Innovations, Social Norms, and Women’s Empowerment in the Global South

Livestock Innovations, Social Norms, and Women’s Empowerment in the Global South

March 22, 2022 Journal Article
A review of the effects of migration on the feminization of agrarian dryland economies

A review of the effects of migration on the feminization of agrarian dryland economies

December 07, 2020 Journal Article
Gender and Asset Ownership in the Old and New Lands of Egypt

Gender and Asset Ownership in the Old and New Lands of Egypt

April 21, 2020 Journal Article
Gender and agricultural extension: why a gender focus matters

Gender and agricultural extension: why a gender focus matters

December 31, 2019 Journal Article
Community typology framed by normative climate for agricultural innovation, empowerment, and poverty reduction

Community typology framed by normative climate for agricultural innovation, empowerment, and poverty reduction

September 30, 2018 Journal Article
Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective

Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective

September 30, 2018 Journal Article
What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

September 30, 2018 Journal Article
Political Economy of the Wheat Sector in Morocco: Seed Systems, Varietal Adoption, and Impacts

Political Economy of the Wheat Sector in Morocco: Seed Systems, Varietal Adoption, and Impacts

February 28, 2018 Book
Women's Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation in Egypt's Mubarak Resettlement Scheme through Cactus Cultivation and Adjusted Irrigation.

Women's Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation in Egypt's Mubarak Resettlement Scheme through Cactus Cultivation and Adjusted Irrigation.

March 02, 2015 Book Chapter