Publications

Women’s Human Rights-Peace Nexus in Yemen in Promoting Equal Rights and Women’s Participation towards Peace, Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue in collaboration with EPLO, March 2022.

Women in Diaspora: War-affected group and Peace Bridge for Women Footprint Initiative for Peace, January 28, 2021.

Alternative Report on Yemen [Lead Researcher] Women4Yemen Network, CEDAW Report, October 5, 2020.

Gender and Communication/Advocacy Strategy [Analyst], UN WOMEN (Not public).

Agents for Change Women as Grassroots Peacebuilding in Yemen [Researcher], Women4Yemen Network, December 9, 2019.

Media Gender Analysis [Researcher], ARK Group DMCC (Not public).

Feminism in Yemen: Uneasy Path, Unwalked Miles, and a Disguised Movement, International Conference on Knowledge and Politics in Gender and Women’s Studies, Middle East Technical University, 2015.

The Arab Spring or Arab Autumn? Women's political participation in the uprising and beyond: Implications for international donor policy [Co-researcher], Care International, 2013.

News

In Yemen, women face added challenges posed by COVID-19 amidst ongoing armed conflict, UN Women, July 29, 2020.

Peace Talks Must Include Yemeni Women, Nobel Women’s Initiative, January 21, 2019.

Yemen Uncertainty Grows; Leader’s Burns Called Severe. (Contributing writer with The New York Times during the 2011 uprising).

Yemeni Jews tell their story and demand rescue, Yemen Times Newspaper, 2009.

YEMEN: MPS Say: No To Genital Mutilation, 18 Is Minimum Marriage Age, Juveniles Cannot Be Punished As Adults, Yemen Times Newspaper, 2008.

Divorciada a los 12 años, El País, 2008

Various stories about cases of women abused inside prison, various media outlets, 2007-2008.

Interviews and media appearances

Women representatives and their constituencies: Building support for a more durable peace, CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, July 1, 2021

Yemen – Peacebuilding Requires Women’s Role, Engagement, Women’s UN Report Network, March 11, 2021

Yemen: 'Militarizing women impacts social cohesion', Anadolu Agency, February 24, 2021

Tour de blogosphere: When Feminists Rule The World, an Ottawa-made podcast about change-makers, Apt613, June 16, 2020

There will be peace in the Middle East [podcast], When Feminists Rule the World, December 18, 2019

Yemeni women activists escape war with the help of a global, underground network, The World, July 29, 2019

Women of War - Kawkab al-Thaibani [video], TRT World Citizen, March 7, 2019

Yemeni women demand seat at the table as peace talks begin in Stockholm, Middle East Eye, December 8, 2018

All you need to know about the Yemen peace talks, Aljazeera, December 3, 2018

Yemen – Descending into Despair, World Policy, October 7, 2011

Yemen: A Women's Revolution Inside The Revolution, World Crunch, July 7, 2011