Maha Al-Moneef is a Saudi doctor who worked in laboratories for the world''s largest doctors. She moved from the world of medicine and pediatric infectious diseases to taking care of issues of violence for children, women and the family in general. Dr. Maha Al-Moneef, who is:

scientific certificates

Al-Moneef devoted her life to studying until she became a doctor. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from King Saud University in 1986 AD, and reached the American Board, which she obtained in the field of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases from “Yale University” in the United States of America in 1999 AD.

previous stops

Dr. Maha moved to various different stations and positions, where she held the position of Executive Director in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Infection Control in “King Abdulaziz Medical City” between 2002 and 2008, Saudi Arabia, Senior Adviser to the Minister of Labor and Social Development in 2018, and also a regional advisor in the field of violence and injury prevention For the Middle East region with the World Health Organization between 2009 and 2012.

current positions

In the same context, we learn about the positions currently occupied by Dr. Maha, who is a consultant in infectious diseases and human immunodeficiency for children in the “King Abdulaziz Medical City” from 1994 AD until the present time, and also the founder and executive director of the “National Family Safety Program”, which aims to address problems of violence Family and child abuse in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from 2005 to the present, in addition to her field in the academic field, she is an associate professor in the field of pediatrics since 2007 at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU), and a part-time advisor at the Council Al-Shura” in Saudi Arabia since 2009, and head of the “Arab Professionals Association for the Prevention of Violence against Children” in the Lebanese Republic from 2009 to the present, which was founded by Dr. Hani Jahshan from Jordan in 2004 AD, and it was developed and expanded to become a professional association, Finally, a regional advisor to the "International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect - ISPCAN" from 2011 to this year.

unforgettable imprint

Dr. Maha was distinguished by her ugliness and strength in her field, as she was awarded the “International Women of Courage Award” presented by the US State Department, which was handed over to her by the former US President in 2014, Barack Obama at the time.

Child safety is the goal

Finally, we know how I moved from the world of pediatrics to issues of violence against children: Dr. Maha encountered during her shift outside the Kingdom in the emergency department of Pediatrics, the arrival of a case of Saudi nationality, accompanied by her father, and the child was violent, and suffered more than 6 fractures and bleeding in the brain and bleeding in the eye sockets and traces of Violence, Maha dealt with the case as an emergency doctor, and the next day she requested the arrival of the mother, and even the wife was also violent. She cooperated with the woman humanely to ensure her return to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the Saudi attaché. After Maha returned to Saudi Arabia as a consultant physician in infectious diseases in 1999, and worked in intensive care and infectious diseases, she encountered another abused girl with several fractures and major injuries. During that era, there was no action to cooperate with abused children in the hospital, in addition to the doctors'' reservation for fear of The family and the tribe, and working in a criminal case, and from this point of view, I wanted to be this child and the voice of every violent child. I was keen to include the definition of violence against children in every medical conference, after this I had the ambition to be outside the medical field from academies and professors from different specializations interested in domestic violence, to form a national project program, and the project was presented to the Executive Director of the National Guard Hospital that I work Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabiah at the time.