Expertise: Women’s Rights, Gender Studies. 

Languages: Arabic and French.

Bio: Nafisa Al-Washli is a Gender Expert and was in the Poverty Alleviation Unit under the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation during the years 2003-2005. She is currently the Executive Director of the Political Development Forum. She earned her Master’s Degree in Management and Urban Urbanization in France, 1994.

Al-Washli works as a member of the Dialogue Support Program in the Strategic Support team. The program is a partnership initiative between the Political Development Forum in Yemen and the Berghof Institute in Germany and is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. She is also a member of the Yemeni Women Pact for Peace and Security.

Al-Washli has multiple initiatives to release prisoners, detainees, and to open roads. She is active in conducting seminars, discussions, and training, on techniques to better empower and include women. She has work within the local alliances to raise women's issues at the government level. Her work also includes initiatives to strengthen the role of women, especially during conflicts. She works on gender and statistical constraints to measure women's poverty. Additionally, she participates in formal and informal meetings to advocate for women's voices at the grassroots level.

Nafisa conducts training on integrating gender in the government plans. She also works on strengthening the role of women leaders in governmental organizations, and in political parties, through providing them with training in a leadership skill. Nafisa is a prominent participant in a workshop, called Promoting Women's Participation in the Peace Process and Beyond in Yemen.