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词条 Draft:Leila Ben-Gacem
释义

  1. Studies and career

  2. Civic engagement

  3. Nominations

  4. References

  5. External links

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Leila Ben-Gacem ( {{lang-ar| ليلى بن قاسم}} ) is a social entrepreneur. She is the founder of Blue Fish company [1] and an active member of several organisations in the Tunisian Civil Society.

Studies and career

Leila Ben-Gacem studied biomedical engineering at Boston University. She worked in many companies such as IMM in Tunisia, Hewlett-Packard in Germany, Assada Medical in Libya. In 2009, she initiated Sougha Est in the khalifa fund for enterprise development in Abu Dhabi in the UAE.[2] She occupied the position of Senior Manager at [https://www.khalifafund.ae/ the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development], helping Emirati women artisans in developing their local enterprises[3], until 2013 when she decided to go back to her country Tunisia.

In 2013, Leila founded Dar Ben-Gacem a boutique-hotel and a social enterprise.[4] The guest house has a main objective to contribute to the development of the Medina of Tunis.[5]

Ben-Gacem was elected, in the period of 2014-2016, as a Board member of Edhiafa Association that deals with the network of boutique-hotels in Tunisia. Before that, she was a Board member in CJD (Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants) - Young CEO Centre until 2009.

She ran as an independent in the 2018 Municipal Elections, she joined the Beni Khalled municipality. Later, she was appointed the head of the finance committee.

Civic engagement

Ben-Gacem is known as a socio-cultural catalyst [6]. She has been involved in many cultural initiatives to revive the Medina of Tunis and ensure its sustainable development.[7]

In 2015, Leila and other civil society actors played a major role in reviving the Rachidia association in its 80th anniversary, then she joined other cultural initiatives such as Journal de la Médina, the national Wikipedia project [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Tunisie/MedinaPedia MedinaPedia] [6] and the first Light Festival in Africa Interference.[8]

In 2015 as well, she has led a national campaign to revive the industry and usage of the Chachia. [9]

Leila occupied the position of President of the Association of Preservation of Beni Khalled from 2015 until 2018. She is also a founding member of the Ultramarathon Association in Tunisia[10] since 2017, where they organised the first Ultramarathon, UltraMirage[11] in Nefta in the south of Tunisia.

In 2017, Ben-Gacem founded the first co-working space in the Medina of Tunis, entitled Dar El Harka.[12] It's meant as a hub for creative industries.[9]

Nominations

Ben-Gacem received Fatma El Fehria Award in 2017[13]. In the same year, she received the Women Entrepreneur in Cultural Sector Award as well. Prior to that, in October 2016, she became an Ashoka Fellow.[14]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm9kojDhRBk|title=Spark Days - 2016 - Leyla Ben Gacem nous parle de son projet Dar Ben Gacem|first=|last=Fondation BIAT pour la jeunesse|date=23 May 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywNGhndnDs0|title=Western Region Weaving|first=|last=The National|date=20 June 2010|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiqDXP25x4k|title=Leila Ben-Gacem on Unlocking Untapped Talents|first=|last=GE Middle East, North Africa & Turkey|date=13 January 2013|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
4. ^www.darbengacem.com
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://tourism-view.com/2017/12/04/portrait-leila-ben-gacem-une-femme-dexception/|title=Portrait: Leila ben Gacem: Une femme d’exception|publisher=}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-generation-reviving-old-heart-tunis|title=How a new generation is reviving the old heart of Tunis|date=22 May 2017|website=PBS NewsHour}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://womenintheworld.com/2016/05/02/meet-the-woman-fighting-extremism-in-tunisia-by-creating-job-opportunities/|title=Meet the woman who fights extremism by creating job opportunities|date=2 May 2016|publisher=}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://intunis.net/en/|title=INTERFERENCE|publisher=}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://wajjahni.com/fr/leila-ben-gacem-entreprendre-pour-valoriser-la-m%C3%A9dina-et-le-patrimoine|title=Leila Ben Gacem : Entreprendre pour valoriser la Médina et le patrimoine|first=|last=webmasterwajjahni|date=19 January 2017|website=Wajjahni}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ultramirage.com/organisation-fr|title=Organisation - Tozeur - Ultra Mirage El Djerid|website=Ultra Mirage El Djerid - Tozeur, Tunisia}}
11. ^https://www.runultra.co.uk/Events/Ultra-Mirage-El-Djerid-100km
12. ^www.darelharka.org
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2017/04/30/story_n_16335774.html|title=Les lauréats des prix "Fatima Fihriya" dévoilés|date=30 April 2017|website=Al HuffPost Maghreb}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ashoka.org/fr/pionnier/leila-ben-gacem|title=Leila Ben Gacem|website=Ashoka - Tous acteurs de changement}}

External links

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