Huda Ali Alawi | |
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Born | 1970/1971 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Ain Shams University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | law |
Institutions | Aden University |
Main interests | human rights |
Huda Ali Alawi (born 1970 or 1971) is a Yemeni academic. She is Professor of Criminal Law in the Faculty of Law at Aden University, [1] and Director of the Women Research and Training Center at the university. [2] A leading member of human rights organizations in the Arab world,she has published studies in Lebanon,Egypt and Tunisia. [3]
Alawi grew up in South Yemen,which was an independent state until its unification with North Yemen in 1990. [2] She gained a PhD in criminal law from Ain Shams University in Cairo. [4] In 2010,as deputy director of the Women Research and Training Center at Aden University,she led the centre's delegation to observe the presidential and general elections scheduled to take place in April 2010. [5]
In a 2022 interview with Agence France-Presse,Alawi emphasised that the Yemeni Civil War had "cast a shadow" over women. Studies on gender-based violence in Yemen,in particular,showed an increase since war broke out. "Yemen has regressed in all aspects,and more so when it comes to women empowerment." [2]