Tawakkol Karman Foundation

Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Laureate

Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate

Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Laureate

Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Laureate

Kathryn Achilles, Senior Humanitarian Policy Advisor, Oxfam

Fatima Alasrar, Senior Analyst, Arabia Foundation

Stephen W. Day, Author and Adjunct Professor, Rollins College

Dr. Dalia Fahmy, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Policy

Ghida Fakhry, Presenter, TRT World and former New York Bureau Chief, Al Jazeera English

Mehdi Hassan, Columnist, The Intercept and Host, Al Jazeera English

Bernard Haykel, Director, The Transregional Institute, Princeton University

Nabeel Khoury, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Moncef Marzouki, former President of Tunisia

Priyanka Motaparthy, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch

Bushra Nasr Kretschmer, Head of economic portfolio of @Women4Yemen network, and Founder, Sabaa Consulting Services

Afrah Nasser, Independent Yemeni Journalist and Founding Editor-in-Chief, Sana’a Review

Ibraham Qatabi, Expert on Yemen and Senior Legal Worker, Center for Constitutional Rights

Rawya Rageh, Senior Crisis Advisor, Amnesty International

Hassan El-Tayyab, Co-director, Just Foreign Policy

Paul Williams, Former Legal Adviser, United Nation Special Envoy to Yemen

Dr. Nasser Zawia, University of Rhode Island Dean, URI Graduate School

Breakfast and Registration
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Tawakkol Karman

Karen J. Greenberg

Session One
9:15 - 10:30 a.m.

What is Truly Happening in Today's Yemen?

This panel will discuss the root causes of the conflict and the internal struggle for power.

Fatima Alasrar

Stephen W. Day

Bernard Haykel

Hassan El-Tayyab

Moderator: Dr. Nasser Zawia

Session Two
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

The Humanitarian Crisis: The Impact of the War on the Ground

This panel will discuss the humanitarian dimensions of the war, human rights violations, and the impact of the war on the most vulnerable members of society.

Priyanka Motaparthy

Afrah Nasser

Kathryn Achilles

Rawya Rageh

Moderator: Dr. Dalia Fahmy

Lunch Served
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m

Keynote Speaker
12:15 - 1:00 p.m.
Moncef Marzouki, former President of Tunisia

Session Three
1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

Considerations on the Future: The Possibilities for Peace

This panel will discuss must to happen to position Yemen in the direction of lasting peace, including peace agreements, the outcome of the national dialogue, UN resolutions, and other peace initiatives.

Paul Williams

Nabeel Khoury

Ibraham Qatabi

Bushra Nasr Kretschmer

Moderator: Mehdi Hasan

Session Four
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.

Healing Yemen from the War: Messages from the
Nobel Peace Laureates 

This panel will discuss issues around transitional justice, reconciliation, reconstruction, and how to heal Yemen.

Leymah Gbowee

Shirin Ebadi

Jody Williams

Tawakkol Karman

Moderator: Ghida Fakhry

Closing Remarks and Recap of Conference

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

Tawakkol Karman and Ibraham Qatabi