Marina Haider is Human Rights Officer for the UNOHCHR, where she is responsible for integrating gender into the monitoring of human rights violations in Yemen. She further works on protecting the rights of individuals that are affected by the current crisis as well as on the prevention of and response to Gender-Based-Violence in Yemen. She obtained a Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication at Manipal University, India, and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Mosul University, Iraq. Before joining the UNOHCHR, Marina worked for UNICEF’s Education section on child protection and gender sensitivity. She also worked as a child protection officer at Save the Children.

Participant in: November 2016 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes