Fadia Daibes Murad. Photo: DanChurchAid
Palestinian water law and policy expert, Dr. Fadia Daibes Murad, has died in a car crash on her way back from the Water Forum in Istanbul to Ramallah. “Fadia was an important defender of the water rights of Palestine women and men, so intelligent, and full of energy”, says Joke Muylwijk, Executive Director of the Gender and Water Alliance (GWA). Dr. Daibes Murad had been in Istanbul, representing the GWA at the 5th World Water Forum on the topic of water and conflict, contributing from a gender perspective. Read her statement here.
Dr. Daibes Murad was the Regional Representative for DanChurchAid in Ramallah, Palestine. She got her PhD degree in 2004 from the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science in Dundee, UK. She then worked for eight years with the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and later became a freelance water law and policy consultant, specialising in the water conflict between Israel and Palestine.
See below a video interview she gave at the 5th World Water Forum.
Source: GWA, 25 Mar 2009
