Alma Anaam is a grassroots feminist and women’s rights defender from Yemen, currently based in Ireland. She began her activism during the 2011 Arab Uprising in Yemen and has since built more than a decade of experience across the humanitarian, development, and refugee-support sectors in Yemen, the Horn of Africa, and Ireland.
Alma has held both leadership and technical roles with international organisations, where she has led gender analysis, safeguarding systems, conflict-sensitive programming, refugee, and community engagement initiatives.
A committed advocate for feminist issues both internationally and locally, she is a long-standing member of the Intersectional Feminist Collective (IFC), an alumna of the Women in Conflict 1325 Resolution Fellowship (2020), and a member of the 1325 Fellowship Advisory Board with Beyond Borders Scotland. In addition, she is a published writer, with articles on gender, patriarchy, and humanitarian practice.
Alma is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Gender, Politics, and International Relations at University College Dublin.

Participant in:

November/December 2020 and February 2026 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes