Sonia Ben Miled is the Women, Peace and Security Programme Manager at the Tunisian NGO Aswat Nissa, whose mission is to integrate gender into public policy in Tunisia. Through her work with Aswat Nissa, Sonia has participated in all the stages of the preparation of the Tunisian 1325 National Action Plan. Sonia was previously involved in an advocacy campaign on the equal representation of women in political parties and in political parties’ electoral lists for the municipal elections. Sonia is part of the program Young leaders by the German Foundation Friderich Ebert. She took part in many trainings on women’s political participation led by Aswat Nissa and other organizations, namely a journalistic training on legal issues and the functioning of State institutions given by Barr Al Aman in partnership with CFI – Agence de coopération des medias, a communication training led by BBC Media Action, and a UN Women training on result-based management. Sonia published articles on women’s political participation in the HuffPost Tunisia and on Aswat Nissa’s website. Sonia holds a degree in English Civilization and Literature and a Master in Communication from l’Institut Supérieur des Langues de Tunis.

Participant in: December 2018 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes