Dr. Raovia Avorbia is a senior lecturer and researcher at the School of Law at Sapir Academic College. She completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University in an interdisciplinary doctoral program jointly conducted by the Hebrew University and the Free University of Berlin: "Human Rights Under Pressure: Ethics, Law and Politics."

Her research deals with critical and feminist analysis of law. With an emphasis on the interface between family law, constitutional law, gender, minorities and human rights. She has published in leading international journals on the subject of the marital law of Muslim women in Israel. Her book: "Inside the Law, Outside Justice: Polygamy, Gendered Citizenship and Colonialism in Israeli Law", was published by Kibbutz Hameuhad in the Gender Series and was shortlisted for the Bernstein Prize.

Dr. Aburabia served as a visiting researcher at the Center for the Study of the Arab and Muslim World (IREMAM) at Aix-Marseille University (2022-2023).

Dr. Abourbia has extensive experience in international human rights and public law. As a lawyer, she worked at the Association for Civil Rights and engaged in litigation in the Supreme Court and in international arenas. She was invited as an expert lawyer to present to international forums such as the United Nations and the European Parliament on the issue of indigenous peoples and minority rights. She was on the team of experts that led to the UN's recognition of the Arab Bedouin community as an indigenous group. Abourbia interned at Human Rights Watch in Washington, D.C., and was a member of the International Executive Board of Amnesty International. In addition, she is a member of the steering committee of the Zolat Institute for Equality and Human Rights. and the advisory committee of ICONS Israel. In 2018, she was selected by Globes magazine as one of the 40 most promising young people in Israel under the age of 40.

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