Rima Sghaier is an intersectional feminist activist, researcher, policy analyst, FOSS enthusiast and an avid advocate for internet freedom. She is currently Senior Program Manager at Team CommUNITY @ ARTICLE 19. Her work and research focus on the intersection of human rights, gender, policy and tech. She has consulted for digital rights NGOs including Access Now and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) on issues of digital rights and digital safety in the SWANA region.

Prior to joining Team CommUNITY, she worked with GlobaLeaks program managing and contributing to international projects to support NGOs, independent media, and investigative journalists to create secure whistleblowing platforms and continues to support the project in an advisory capacity. She has founded as an OTF Digital Integrity Fellow (2019), Safe First Contact, a research project focused on auditing and supporting the digital security skills of at-risk communities in SWANA countries. Rima is a member of the Advisory Committee of the digital rights unconference, Bread&Net. She holds a Bachelor and a Master of Research degrees in Public Law and Political Science from the Faculty of Juridical, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis.

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