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'''Rim H. Chaif''' is a multilingual investigative journalist with six years of experience in writing for regional, national, and international media.  

'''Rim H. Chaif''' is a multilingual investigative journalist with six years of experience in writing for regional, national, and international media. Rim earned her master’s degree in institutional journalism from the National School of journalism and Information science in Algiers. She also holds a second master’s degree in Pedagogy and Media education from Calabria University in Italy.  

==Career:==

==Career==

Currently hosted by the [https://www.ifes.org/ International Foundation of electoral systems] in the United States of America, Rim is a program Fellow where she assists the MENA team in program management including finance, reporting, contracting, and research. Prior to that, Rim was part of [https://globalpressjournal.com/ Global press institute], Washington DC, where she served as a Research and Editorial Fellow conducting research mainly on the Local media market including women journalists, libel, and defamation laws in countries of Francophone Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa.  

Currently hosted by the [https://www.ifes.org/ International Foundation of electoral systems] in the United States of America, Rim is a program Fellow where she assists the MENA team in program management including finance, reporting, contracting, and research. Prior to that, Rim was part of [https://globalpressjournal.com/ Global press institute], Washington DC, where she served as a Research and Editorial Fellow conducting research mainly on the Local media market including women journalists, libel, and defamation laws in countries of Francophone Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa.  

Rim joined HIVOS in 2014, as an internet policy analyst/contributor in the project “[https://www.igmena.org/ IGMENA]” (Internet Governance in the Middle East and North Africa. In this role, she conducted research and wrote reports about digital rights including privacy and data protection. She participated as well in various regional and international meetings such as [[ICANN]], [https://www.eurodig.org/ EuroDig], Global [[IGF]], and Arab IGF as a '''Fellow''', '''Speaker''', and '''Coach'''.  

Rim joined HIVOS in 2014, as an internet policy analyst/contributor in the project “[https://www.igmena.org/ IGMENA]” (Internet Governance in the Middle East and North Africa. In this role, she conducted research and wrote reports about digital rights including privacy and data protection. She participated as well in various regional and international meetings such as [[ICANN]], [https://www.eurodig.org/ EuroDig], Global [[IGF]], and Arab IGF as a '''Fellow''', '''Speaker''', and '''Coach'''.  

Rim is a part of Jeem, a project to shed light on women’s rights violations in the Arab world, as a Women’s Rights Advocate. She has written many stories and reports describing the situation of Algerian women. Rim has also volunteered as a Communication and Social Media Manager at [https://crossingborders.dk/ Crossing Borders] (CB), an international organization based in Denmark, where she gained experience in project management, website content management, social media strategy, and magazine editing. She produced CB Magazine (Voices of the Move): collecting and editing human-interest stories about migrants and refugees, and their challenges in integration in the new society. Rim’s goal is to direct the world’s attention to unlisted and uncovered stories and events, especially unrepresented communities and minorities. She believes in the power of words as a change factor.  

Rim is a part of Jeem, a project to shed light on women’s rights violations in the Arab world, as a Women’s Rights Advocate. She has written many stories and reports describing the situation of Algerian women. Rim has also volunteered as a Communication and Social Media Manager at [https://crossingborders.dk/ Crossing Borders] (CB), an international organization based in Denmark, where she gained experience in project management, website content management, social media strategy, and magazine editing. She produced CB Magazine (Voices of the Move): collecting and editing human-interest stories about migrants and refugees, and their challenges in integration in the new society. Rim’s goal is to direct the world’s attention to unlisted and uncovered stories and events, especially unrepresented communities and minorities. She believes in the power of words as a change factor.

==Involvement in Internet Governance:==

==Involvement in Internet Governance==

* Selected and funded by [[EURALO]]<ref>https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/euralo</ref> board ICANN, to attend the [https://www.eurodig.org/ EuroDIG] 2017, Tallin, Estonia, June 2017.   

* Selected and funded by [[EURALO]]<ref>https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/euralo</ref> board ICANN, to attend the [https://www.eurodig.org/ EuroDIG] 2017, Tallin, Estonia, June 2017.   

* ICANN '''Fellow''' and '''Coach'''<ref>https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/hyderabad57-attendees-2016-11-23-en</ref>: at the ICANN57, Hyderabad, India, November 2016.   

* ICANN '''Fellow''' and '''Coach'''<ref>https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/hyderabad57-attendees-2016-11-23-en</ref>: at the ICANN57, Hyderabad, India, November 2016.   

* [[IGF]] '''Fellow''': selected by Hivos to attend the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, Istanbul, September 2014

* [[IGF]] '''Fellow''': selected by Hivos to attend the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, Istanbul, September 2014

* Online capacity building program on Internet Governance MENA region special edition organized by [[Hivos]], IGMENA in collaboration with DiploFoundation -GENEVA. September to November 2014.  

* Online capacity building program on Internet Governance MENA region special edition organized by [[Hivos]], IGMENA in collaboration with DiploFoundation -GENEVA. September to November 2014.  

* [[IGMENA]]:  participated in the workshop "Internet Governance and Policies in the Middle East and North Africa", organized by HIVOS, Beirut, June 2014.  

* [[IGMENA]]:  participated in the workshop "Internet Governance and Policies in the Middle East and North Africa", organized by HIVOS, Beirut, June 2014.

==Education==

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