Expertise: Human Rights, Women’s Rights, Media, Women Peace and Security, advocacy , research

Languages: Fluent in Arabic and English Good in French

Bio: Nesmah is a Women’s Peace and Security expert and a founding member of the Peace Track Initiative, currently serving as their Communication and Advocacy Officer. She specializes in the intersection of peace building and climate justice and is PTI’s focal point for Feminist Climate Justice issues.  Before that she was the Project Coordinator at RNW Media’s SRHR project Hobb Wa Tebb the first Yemeni online platform that educates youth on their reproductive and sexual health and rights.

Nesmah was part of many research projects focusing on Sexual and Reproductive health, Women Peace and security, and more. In addition to her peace work and activism, Nesmah is a regular blogger writing about women’s rights during the war, trauma, and wellbeing.

Nesmah is a trained negotiator by Clingendael Institute in the Netherlands, she is also a Swedish Institute Leader’s Lab 2021 alumina, and a fellow at Girls Globe. In 2018 She was chosen as one of MENA’s ambassadors to promote SDGs. Nesmah’s story about war and displacement was featured in the German book Flüchtlingsrevolution (The Refugee Revolution).

Nesmah is also founding member of the Women Solidarity Network which includes more than 330 Yemeni women working for peace and member of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) . She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering from Aden University and currently is perusing her master’s in International Relations at Inalco in Paris.

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Reports:
Yemen WPS National Action Plan

Blogs & Articles:
Peacebuilding without protection: Yemeni women’s barriers to peace

Navigating Self-Care as a Changemaker

Why We All Need to Make This a Year for Yemeni

Le parti Al-Islah au Yémen : de la révolution à l’exil