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Liza Al-Badawi (@Hassan_Liza) is a human rights activist. She is an expert in integrating the refugees and migrants in the European host communities. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Saharej, a grassroots organization based in Aden City, South of Yemen. Saharej works and focuses on sustainable development, gender justice, and human rights. Liza contributed to preparing the national report in 2004 and trained police officers across different governorates in Yemen about human rights according to the international agreements signed by the Yemeni government. In addition to advocating for human rights, she participated in developing the Public Prosecution Work Program in 2005 in cooperation with the UNDP Regional Office.

Currently, Liza is the secretary-general of Haqi center in Geneva, which advocates for human rights. She has local and international awards, the most important is the Prize for Academic Research Proficiency from Asyut University in 2009 for her research titled Freedom of Opinion and Expression: A Comparative Study between the path of Yemen and Egyptian Legislators. She also received a first-class honor for quality performance and good business management from an organization in Geneva that advocates for human rights, called APDH.

Liza holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Asyot, Egypt. She has many publications that circulated in the university. She also has many working papers regarding the humanitarian situation in Yemen, the high percentage of child marriage, and the repression on the press and media, which were presented in the Human Rights Council Sessions.

Liza is a member of the European Summit Network for Refugees and Migrants, a member of the International Alliance of Peace and Development based in Geneva, and a member of the Arab Association for Combating Terrorism and Support Victims in Cairo.