HF Leadership

Bahia Hariri serves as president of the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development since 1980.  Hariri is renowned for her continuous contributions to sustainable national and local development portfolios, serving as board member in a wide body of global foundations, networks, and academic institutions. Her works mainly focuses on securing and promoting a learning environment which provides people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds equitable chances to attain quality education. Since 2000, Bahia Hariri has served as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for her continued support of education, culture, and women’s issues in Lebanon and the Arab world. She has made high-level contributions to raising the profile of Arab women, notably the launch of the Arab Women’s Summit, the Arab Women Parliamentarians’ Forum, the Proclamation of International Arab Women’s Day and the launch of the Arab Women’s Award. She has also chaired a number of national and Arab committees on women and children and has sponsored and organized development projects across Arab countries aimed at promoting gender equality and strengthening women’s role community. Hariri’s interest in women affairs has always been matched with her high-level contribution to educational matters.