The career of Professor Rafia Obaid Ghubash, the Founder of The Women’s Museum, has to be seen in the light of both the society in which she was born and the society she aims to educate.
With a strong sense of history and equally strong values, she returned home to the UAE with a Phd in epidemiological psychiatry from London University in 1992, to start her academic career as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, in the newly established School of Medicine of the UAE University in Al Ain.
Along with her academic achievements, which included teaching, research and clinical practice, Professor Ghubash also had administrative experience as she had held a variety of managerial positions.
Her leadership skills had been recognized early, when she held the position of the Vice Dean and then Dean of the Medical School in Al Ain 2001.
She undertook the challenging position of President of a GCC institution, The Arabian Gulf University 2001-2009. During her time in this role, she made efforts to raise the profile of the AGU both internationally, and regionally.
Professor Ghubash has played an important role in the empowerment of women in UAE society, through her role as the President of the Arab Network for Women in Science and Technology and today, through the Women’s Museum.
Prof Rafia Obaid Ghubash
President of the Arab Network for Women in Science,
Founder of The Women’s Museum, Professor of Psychiatry and Trustee of Emirates Literature Foundation.
