Ola Alaghbary is the founder of Sheba Youth Foundation, a Yemeni civil society organization dedicated to peace and sustainable development. She is a committed peacebuilder with practical experience in local mediation. Her work involves direct engagement with conflicting parties in Yemen, focusing on facilitating agreements related to essential public services provision like “Water Local Mediation Efforts in Taiz City, Yemen”. Her commitment to peace is further demonstrated by her participation in the first track of peacebuilding in Yemen, where she represented civil society in the crucial negotiations for opening roads in Taiz city that was facilitated by the Office of Special Envoy to Yemen. With a background in law from Taiz University, Yemen, and having worked with various national and international peacebuilding and development organizations, Ola is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) at the American University of Cairo.

Participant in: November/December 2020 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes