Sarah Boukhary joined HD’s Yemen team in October 2020, prior to which she worked for 6 years at the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) where she managed its international advocacy work on Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt, and represented WILPF at the United Nations in Geneva. She was primarily working with women political leaders and feminist activists from Yemen and different MENA countries in their participation in peace processes, inclusion in multiple tracks of mediation, and engagement with international human rights mechanisms. Prior to joining WILPF, Sarah worked at the Arab NGO Network for Development, Première Urgence – Aide Médicale Internationale, and interned at Human Rights Watch in Beirut. Sarah is an Erasmus Mundus scholar and holds an M.A. in Human Rights Policy and Practice from Gothenburg University, Roehampton University and the Arctic University of Norway, as well as a B.A. in Political Studies from the American University of Beirut (AUB). She is a Fellow in the Women in Conflict 1325 Fellowship and speaks fluent Arabic, English, and French.

Participant in: June 2017 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes