November 2007 The Middlebury College Fall Symposium “Faces behind Human Rights, Vermont, United States. Organised by Middlebury College – Keynote Speaker

September 2007 Workshop on “Strengthening the protection of women form torture.” Invited by the Special Rapporteur on Torture Professor Manfred Nowak. Geneva, Switzerland. Organised by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) – Participant

 September 2007 Member of an International Election Observation Delegation for the September 7, 2007 legislative elections in Morocco, Rabat, Morocco. Organised by the National Democratic Institute – Delegation Member

July 2007 The World Justice Project’s (WJP) multidisciplinary outreach Conference, Prague, Czech Republic. Organised by the American Bar Association and Dublin City University - Participant

June 2007 Conference on Swedish and Arab Approaches to Honour Related Violence against Women, Alexandria, Egypt. Organised by the Swedish Institute, Alexandria - Main Speaker

May 2007 The Nobel Women’s Initiative’s First International Conference: Women Redefining Peace in The Middle East & Beyond. Galway, Ireland. Organised by The Nobel Women’s Initiative – Panellist

May 2007 First Annual Summit for the 21 Women’s eNews Leaders, New York, United States. Organised by Women’s eNews - Leadership Committee member.

March 2007 Conference on the Creative Use of the Media to Foster Understanding and Tolerance Doha, Qatar. Oragnised by the RAND Cooperation, Centre for Middle East Public Policy – Main Speaker

December 2006 Conference on ‘Honour’ Killing: How many more? London, UK. Oragnised by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation – Chair of the Conference.

March 2006 Regional conference on the “Successes of Women as Leaders of Change,” Manama, Bahrain. Invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United States Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative - Speaker

March 2006 Women in the Mediterranean: working for the future conference, Seville, Spain. Invited by Fundacion Tres Culturas - Speaker

February 2006 Promoting Exchange between NGOs, media and researchers from the ME and new EU member states conference, Prague, Czeck Republic. Invited by Institute Pontes, Pax Christi International, Protestant Thelogical Faculty, Charles University – Speaker

November 2005 Euromed Women’s Conference Barcelona +10 on the occasion of the Barcelona Process, Barcelona, Spain. Invited by the Catalonian government - Speaker

September 2005 Regional Conference on Violence against Women, Islamabad, Pakistan. Invited by the Pakistani government. The conference was opend by President Perves Musharaf

March 2005 International Conference on Honour Based Violence, London, UK. Invited by the Metropolitan Police Service and the Police Standards Unit at the Home Office - Speaker

December 2004 International Conference on Combating patriarchal Violence against women – Focusing on Violence in the Name of Honour, Stockholm, Sweden. Invited by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice – Panel Speaker

October 2004 European Conference on Honour Related Violence within a Global Perspective, Stockholm, Sweden. Invited by Kvinnoforum – Main Speaker at the opening session that was attended by HM Queen Sylvia

October 2004 Amnesty International Panels at the International Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany. Invited by Amnesty International - Main Speaker

October 2003 Human Rights Defenders on the Frontlines of Freedom, Atlanta, USA. Invited by the Carter Center –Speaker

April 2001 The 57th Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited by the World Organisation Against Torture – Submitted a briefing on “Crimes Against Women Committed in the Name of Honour”

February 2001 The Public Affairs Symposium on Crime and Punishment, Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, USA – Addressed the symposium and the Middle Eastern Club on the Practice of Honour killings in the Middle East

March 2000 Feminist Expo 2000, organised by the Feminist Majority Foundation, Baltimore, USA – Addressed the symposium on “Stopping Gender-based Violence”

February 1999 A symposium entitled "The Mediterranean woman: differing cultures, universal rights," organised by the Italian Prime Minister's Office of the National Commission for Equal Rights and Opportunities, Naples, Italy – Addressed the conference on the "Status of Jordanian Women's Human Rights"

February – Lectured on several occasions on "Crimes of Honour in Jordan," upon invitation from the
March 1999 Diplomatic Women’s Club, British Ladies of Amman, American Women of Amman, Rotary Club and Rotar-Act Club, Amman, Jordan

December 1998 Human Rights Defenders Summit, invited by Amnesty International, France Liberte, the International Movement of ATD Fourth World and the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, Paris, France

March 1998 Lectured on "Honour Killings in Jordan," organised by the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, New York, USA

November 1997 Presented a paper on "The Image of the West in Islamic Countries: Old prejudices- New Cliches” at a seminar in Berlin, Germany, organised by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

September 1996 Seminar on "Violence in Schools, " organised by the Society of Social Development Center, Amman, Jordan. Presented paper on "Crimes of Honour in Jordan"

November 1994 Addressed an open forum on the "Recent political developments in the Middle East & Women in the Middle East," organised by the Asia Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan