Samira Bikarden

Coordinator, WLP Morocco/L’Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM)
Samira Bikarden

Bikarden (Morocco) is Advisor to the Global Fund for Women, a member of UN Women Civil Society Advisory Group in Morocco, and a member of the CSW/NGO Global Coordinating Committee for capacity building and advocacy training in the Arab region. She is a senior WLP facilitator and Coordinator at the Rabat office of L’Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM), the Democratic Association of Moroccan Women. Bikarden also is Inspector in the Orientation of Education at the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training. She is a founding member and former coordinator of the "Spring of Dignity Coalition," which calls for legislation to protect women from violence and prohibit discrimination. Additionally, Bikarden is a member of the regional Equality without Reservation coalition advocating for the withdrawal of reservations relating to CEDAW and to adherence to the Optional Protocol to CEDAW in MENA.