Prior to that appointment, Moghadam worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as the chief of gender equality and development.
[4] In her preface, Moghadam writes, "'globalization-from-above' has engendered 'globalization-from-below,' producing a dynamic and transnational women's movement that has been confronting neoliberal capitalism and patriarchal fundamentalism".
After attaining her secondary education at an international school, she spent her first two years in the work force employed at a major daily newspaper, Kayhan.
[8] From May 2004 to December 2006, Moghadam worked in Paris, France, as the Chief of the Section for Gender Equality and Development in the Social and Human Services Sector of UNESCO.
[8] In January 2007, Moghadam was appointed director of the College of Liberal Arts' Women's Studies Program at Purdue University, where she is also a professor in the sociology department.
[7] Currently, Valentine Moghadam's areas of research include "globalization, transnational feminist networks, civil society and citizenship, and women's employment in the Middle East".