Abeer Musleh

Abeer Musleh has been active in the field of Youth Engagement and Development in the occupied Palestinian territory ( oPt) since the year 1997. She has volunteered with many organizations, and occupied various positions with Palestinian NGOs and UN agencies on issues of youth participation. Currently, she is a doctorate candidate in Social policy at the Heller school for social policy with a dissertation titled: “Changes within the field of Youth Engagement and Development in the oPT: a comparison across three historical periods”. She joined Bethlehem University / Social sciences department in the fall 2010, and was part of the advisory team that developed a Masters in Social Work. She participated in many conferences in Palestine and abroad in which she presented papers about youth political and civic engagement in the oPt.