Yafa Kasem is currently Senior Registration Assistant at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Damascus, where she works closely with Iraqi and non-Iraqi refugees. She has also been part of a number of technical units including refugee registration and community-based protection. Her work at UNHCR has also involved deployment to Tunisian-Libyan borders in Zarzis, South Tunisia, where she worked on protection and counselling for vulnerable refugees.

Participant in: November 2017 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes