Expertise: Human right defense,Women and children’s Right, Peacebuilding.

Languages: Arabic.

Bio: Yasmin Al-Qadi (@AlqadhiYasmin) is an activist and the president of the Marib Girls Foundation; a civil foundation that works to enhance the role of Yemeni women and youth in peacebuilding and comprehensive development. She is also the Director of the Department of Girls' Education in the Department of Education in Al–Joba district, Marib Governorate. Yasmin has worked in various fields, including enhancing the role of women, fight corruption & terrorism, and conflict management.

Al-Qadi has always been a role model in breaking down the barriers imposed on women in her community. She was a prominent woman in society when it came to changing policies or pushing the authorities to enforce laws in light of the war’s chaos. Al-Qadi also played a profound role in preventing child recruitment and enhancing the role of women in peace and mediation processes.

Yasmin obtained a BA in Journalism from Sana’a University in 2008. She was the first woman in her governorate to work in this field. She worked with the organization Journalists without Restrictions as head of the anti-corruption unit. The organization was established by Ms.Tawakol Karman who was awarded the Nobel Prize. She also worked as a journalist with several local newspapers. She was among the first women to join the uprising in 2011 against the former President. Yasmin has memberships with several feminist networks locally and in the region.

Yasmine has worked for ten years in management and development of civil society organizations. She currently works in supporting women in Marib to lead, get out to the public, and play an active role in combating child recruitment. She also works in mediation and conflict resolution through the Early Warning Center for Conflict Resolution (EWC), a specialized center, originated from the Marib Girls Foundation, that aims to achieve the optimum effective response to conflicts. The center manages peace in a way that suits local cultures while seeking ways to provide a deeper understanding of conflict resolution & achieving sustainable peace. Throughout her career, Yasmin faced many challenges from a community that was not used to seeing women in leading positions. Yasmin used to speak in military bases about the severity of child recruitment, painting on the walls of these bases to spread awareness that child recruitment camps are an inadequate place for childhood dreams.