Abeer Almutawakel is a recent graduate of Oxford Brookes University, holding a MA in Development and Emergency Practice and focussing on peacebuilding efforts in Yemen. She has conducted a wide variety of research on issues such human rights, development, conflict, emergencies, forced migration, and protection. She was also part of the team that worked closely with Syrian refugees in Saidah, Lebanon to study the impact of refugees and displaced persons on host communities, and local responses to refugees. Prior to this Abeer was the general manager of the Dr Abdulkader-Almutawakel Hospital in Sana’a, a position she had to give up due to the conflict in her home country.

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