Engy Sawah

Phd researcher

Department of Public Health and Primary Care

Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

I am an interdisciplinary PhD researcher in Social Work and Social Welfare Studies and Health Sciences at Ghent University and a visiting fellow at the Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University. My PhD research examines the intersection of psychosocial and reproductive health in migrant domestic workers facing labour exploitation in Lebanon. I hold a Master of Science in Public Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM). I have worked as a researcher with operational and multilateral actors before returning to the ITM as a research fellow. My research focuses on the intersection of migration, health and violence, examining how structural and socioeconomic conditions shape women’s access to care and wellbeing. Before engaging in research, I obtained a degree in Physiotherapy, specialising in the rehabilitation of migrant survivors of sexual violence and torture. I have over nine years of experience as a clinician, six of which with migrants.

Email: engy.sawah@ugent.be