Rasha Jarhum
Expertise
Conflict Resolution and Peace-buildingDemocracy and Political Participation
Humanitarian Assistance
Peace Negotiations and Mediation
Social Movements & Non-violent Resistance
Transitional Justice
Women Human Rights Defenders
Women's Rights
Details
Media
Reconciliation efforts bring Yemen one step closer to political solution Al Majalla May 9, 2023
Yemeni women celebrate country’s shift towards gender equality The National News Sept 12, 2022
The War in Yemen Spurs Surprising Challenges to Traditional Gender Roles Women’s Media Centre Jan 4, 2022
What to Expect from the UN’s New Special Envoy for Yemen Asharq Al-Awsat Aug 8, 2021
‘We have a right to be at the table’: four pioneering female peacekeepers TheGuardian.com Oct 29, 2020
Without face-to-face meetings, what does peace building look like during COVID-19? devex.com June 17, 2020
On the frontline of war, Yemeni women are building peace Equal Times April 27, 2020
Rasha Jarhum (@RashaJarhum) is a gender, peace, and security expert from South Yemen. She is co-founder and director of the Peace Track Initiative, hosted at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Rasha has briefed the UN Security Council on Yemen and women’s rights to push for peace.
In April 2022, Rasha was appointed member of the Consultation and Reconciliation Commission supporting the Yemen Presidential Leadership Council. She was one of seven women invited by the UN Special Envoy to Yemen to support the peace talks held in Kuwait in 2016.
She is an affiliated scholar with the American University of Beirut and an alumni of the Executive in Residence fellowship program at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and at New Voices Aspen fellow at the Aspen Institute in 2016.
Rasha has more than 15 years of experience advocating for women’s, children’s and refugees’ rights within several organizations including UNICEF, ESCWA, UNDP, and JICA, in Yemen and the Middle East and North Africa region. She held the position of Regional MENA Gender and Advocacy Manager at Oxfam Regional Gender Justice Programme.
Rasha holds a master’s degree from the University of Nottingham in International Business Management and is a recipient of the Women with Wings Award. She is a member of the Women Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL), a founding member of the Women Solidarity Network in Yemen, a coordinator for the MENA1325 Network, and a member of the MENA Regional Coalition of Women Human Rights Defenders.