ALKHOBAR: Women parliamentarians, diplomats and rights advocates from the Gulf, the Middle East and Europe met in an online forum on Tuesday to discuss the humanitarian and political impact of Yemen’s ongoing conflict and the role of women leaders in shaping peacebuilding efforts.
The online meeting, organized by Forward Thinking, a London-based nongovernmental organization specializing in political dialogue and mediation across the Gulf-Middle East and North Africa region, was part of its Women for a Sustainable Future network.
The session, held under the Chatham House Rule, focused on the gendered consequences of the war in Yemen and explored how female parliamentarians can contribute to inclusive recovery efforts.
Speakers included Yemeni experts Ousan Mohammed Saeed Ali, head of the Women’s Department in the Supreme Council of the Popular Resistance; Dr. Nabila Ghaleb, founder of the Fekrah Foundation for Media Rights for Women; and Areej Rashid Thabet Al-Nabhi, a rights activist working with victims’ families.
Dr. Huda Al-Helaissi, former member of Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council, told Arab News afterward that the forum served to bring “issues of importance to global attention via its varied participants and international parliamentarians.”
