Hooria Mashour is a human rights defender, focused on the protection of rights of women and children. She was appointed to be the Minister of Human Rights as part of the National Accord Government in Yemen for 2012-2014. Prior to that, she was appointed as the Official Spokesperson for the National Council for the Peaceful Revolution in Yemen in 2011. She was the head of the National Women Committee, and after 10 years of experience, she was appointed to be a member of the Truth Investigation Committee to investigate the violent events in Aden. However, she resigned from her position and announced her objection to violence against the demonstrators. She is currently the Senior Advisor to the Transitional Justice Centre in Yemen. Hooria also works as a consultant on gender issues with many international organisations, some of which include UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF, ILO, UNFPA, Counterpart, and Oxfam-GB. She also worked as a consultant in Oman during the preparation of the first national report on the 2010 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Throughout her career, Hooria has had many prominent roles and has made many different contributions in Yemen. She was the leader of the Women Development Strategy Team during 2000-2003, leader of the CEDAW reporting team, she supervised the team that was responsible for reviewing the law in Yemen considering Islamic law and its compatibility with international standards, especially CEDAW standards. She was also head of the National Delegation at the United Nations to present the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth National Report and was the head of the Gender Team with Responsive Governance Project (RGP) and supervised the preparation of the 2013 Human Rights Strategy. Hooria has a BA in Economics. She has many publications, the most important of which are: The Political Participation of Yemeni Women, a study with IDEA International (2004), Incorporation of Gender in Development with CEDAW, the National Assessment on Gender-Based Violence with UNFPA (2007).

March/April 2022 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes