Ezabir Ali is a Commonwealth professional and Harvard Alumnae from Kashmir. In the course of her 25 year career, she has served in the public and non-profit sectors of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. For more than two decades, she has done extensive work on the psycho-social healing and economic development of women in Kashmir. Ezabir established SAMANBAL, a “safe inclusive space” for women across all divide to dialogue and build solidarity to improve relationships amongst women of three regions, who were deeply divided over a lengthy period of time. SAMANBAL’s have been established in all the three regions of the State.

Ezabir Ali is Member of Commonwealth Women Mediators and Founder/ Secretary to EHSAAS, a Non-Governmental Policy group working on advocacy on rights of women in J&K State. She is also Board Member, Jammu and Kashmir Voluntary Health & Development Association and Consultant/Partner Conciliation Resources, Gender Project, South Asia.

Ezabir Ali completed her basic education in Nyeri, East Africa. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and Education, from Kashmir and Masters in English from Kashmir University and Masters in Development Studies from University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Participant in:

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

August 2019 Fellowship: The Arts as a Tool for Peacebuilding