Amal Basha

Amal Basha is a Yemeni women's rights activist, chair of the Sisters' Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF). She has been called "Yemen's most famous feminist".[1] As the chair of SAF, she "defends the rights of women, prisoners and refugees, and fights for more political freedoms."[2]

In April 2013 she publicly confronted Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar in the conference hall of Yemen's National Dialogue Conference: Ahmar seemed to be backing away from appointing feminist Nabila al-Zubair as chair of the body deciding the future of the disputed city of Sa'dah until Basha gave him this "public flaying".[1]

She won the Takreem Arab Woman of the Year Award in 2014. In 2015, she spoke at the Women's Power to Stop War Conference.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Farea al-Muslimi, Yemen's National Dialogue is already faltering, Executive Magazine, April 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Amal Basha". Salzburg Global Seminar. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Ford, Liz (30 April 2015). "Yemen Conflict Must End Without Delay, Demand Female Peace Activists". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

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