Biography:

Prof. Magued Osman is currently the CEO and Managing Director of the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera), and a Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. He is also the Chair of Telecom Egypt, a member of the National Council for Women, the Vice Chairperson of the Arab Union for Statisticians, and a Board Member of Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper. Prof. Osman acted as the Chair of the IDSC, Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers from January 2005 to February 2011 when he was appointed as Minister of Communications and Information Technology in the post revolution caretaker government. Prof. Osman provided short-term consultancy to several international organizations, including UN-ESCWA, UN Women, UNDP, UN Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF, and World Bank. He participated in the formulation of the Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Strategy, the National Strategy for Population, and led the establishment of the Egypt Women Observatory.

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