Expertise: Research, Science, Girls education, Education, Women’s rights 

Languages: Arabic 

Bio: Dr. Eshraq Al-Hakimi Is the dean for the center of women studies at Taiz University. She held the position of Deputy Minister of Education between 2013 – 2019, leading the Girls’ Education Sector at the ministry. She is a strong advocate of gender equality and has a mission to remove the gender disparity in basic and secondary education. Between 2013- 2016, she was working as Director of the Women Development Research and Studies Centre at Taiz University where she was teaching at the College of Education since 1997. Eshraq has published educational books on evaluating curricula, environment education, behavioral educational objectives in science, and educational methods. 

She has training in human-rights integration in education, safety education, democracy practices, environmental issues, and gender policies in higher education. In her work in the education sector, she has been a strong advocate for girls’ education and integrating human rights in the education system. She has used her extensive training in education, empowerment, human rights, and gender policies in improving the education system and integrating gender in the ministry’s policies. In 2010 Dr. Al-Hakimi received the President of the Republic’s Award for Scientific Research on her doctorate thesis on global warming awareness through education. Currently, she is pursuing her postdoctoral studies at Taiz University.