Expertise: Governance and Peacebuilding in Yemen, Conflict Analysis, Non-State Actors, Feminist Peace, French Policy and the Middle East Conflicts.

Languages: Arabic, French, English.

Bio: Linda Al Obahi (@AlobahiLinda) is an Advisor on Yemeni Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and the Senior Mediation and Liaison Officer at Peace Track Initiative. She is a Former Political Advisor of the French Embassy in Yemen (France Expertise Internationale (FEI) Project) during the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) and the Drafting of the New Yemeni Constitution, after which she was awarded the Golden Medal of Honor for Foreign Affairs by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs in 2015.

Al Obahi is an alumnus of the École Nationale d’Administration (ENA/INSP), French National School of Public Administration for senior executives and government officials. She holds two Master's Degrees in Communication of Public Institutions, jointly piloted by CELSA Sorbonne- IV University, School of Advanced Studies in Information and Communication Sciences/ National Institute of Public Service- France, and the Institute of Political Studies (IEP)- Strasbourg.

In her role with the Peace Track Initiative, she has been leading the efforts to partner and mobilize to update and further develop the Feminist Peace Roadmap in Yemen (FPR). She also provides deeper insights into the internal dynamics of the conflict in the country to create a space for Yemeni women’s participation in the peacebuilding process. She has carried out numerous missions with several Non-Governmental Organizations, including Médecins du Monde, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)- Morocco and Yemen INGO Forum- CARE International to ensure the coordination between Yemeni authorities, INGOs and Civil Society.

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