About Us - GELEH

Nehad Aboul Komsan

A member of National Council for Human Rights
Founder of Gender and Legal Expert House
Chairwoman of the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights
Columnist writer, TV show presenter, and social media legal influencer followed by more than 1 million on Facebook and 100K on YouTube
Ex-member of the World Bank’s Gender and Development Committee
Ex-member of the Global Civil Society Advisory Group - UN Women
Ex-Secretary-General of National Council for Women (NCW)
Legal and Gender Consultant to UN, World Bank, and many international entities
Author of tens of legal and gender books and papers
Obtained many national and international prizes:
- Awarded the Order of Civil Merit by King Felipe VI of Spain, 2020
- Winner of the Adel Abo Zahra Award for efforts in the empowerment of Egyptian women, 2008
- Selected by the Development Marketplace, World Bank, for the “Top 10 Worldwide Programs,” 2002
- Named Best Idea in the Middle East and North Africa in V-Day’s 2001 competition for the booklet “Rape: the Safe Crime”

Co-Founder and Executive Director of Gender and Legal Expert House (GELEH)
Technical Consultant to the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECWR)
Legal Consultant to many international and local entities
Ex-NGOs Specialist at UNDP, Human Rights Program
Ex-International Relations Officer at The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR)