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Bio: Judge Ikram Al-Aidarous  is a member of the Technical Office of the Supreme Court in Yemen and holds the position of Vise-President  of the Supreme Courts since 2019. She has more than 40 years of experience in the judiciary and has active contributions to peace and security, women's participation, and protection from violence fields.

Judge Ikram has held a number of positions throughout her career, she was appointed as a member of the Aden Court of Appeal in 2017. Before that, during the period 2005-2017, she was the head of the juvenile and tax   trial courts, in Aden Governorate. Before that between 1984-2005, she was a judge in a few trial courts, including the Criminal Court and the Sirah Court. This diverse experience in judicial responsibilities allowed Judge Ikram to obtain a comprehensive knowledge of the Yemeni Judicial system. She has outstanding research contributions on the status and solutions of the role of women in the judiciary, in addition to working on public policy papers for the implementation of decisions related to women, security and peace in the area of judicial reform.

She also previously worked for a year as a legal advisor in the Office of Drafting and Legal Advice at the Ministry of Justice after graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Aden in 1982.

Judge Ikram also has contributions in the public, feminist and legal fields in particular. She is a member of several feminist networks, including the Legal Network for Arab Women, the Yemeni Women Pact for Peace and Security, and the Women Solidarity Network. She participated in a few important conferences, including the Conference of Yemeni Women and Peacemakers (Amman - Jordan, March 27-29, 2019), the Second Feminist Summit (Aden, December 9, 2019), and the Seventh National Conference for Women (Aden, March 8-9, 2022).

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