Razan Ghazzawi is a freelance researcher and journalist. Razan received a Chevening scholarship to complete a Master’s degree in Gender, Sexuality and the Body at the University of Leeds. Her research focuses on sexuality politics in the context of the ‘refugee crisis’ in the West. She will be commencing a PhD at the Centre for Gender Studies at Sussex University in 2017 on a similar topic. Razan has co-authored several research reports, amongst other things on the role of women’s peace activism in Syria. Further to her work as a researcher, Razan has been a freelance journalist and blogger since 2007. She has produced several reports for a number of media outlets such as Now Lebanon and ARTE. She worked as a Media Officer at the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression in Damascus, Syria, and has worked with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in Gaziantep, Turkey. In addition, Razan is currently working with the US based foundation Free Syria.

Participant in: November 2016 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes