Our Team

Nesmah Mansoor ALI (@NesmahMansoor) is a Co-founder of the Peace Track Initiative (PTI). She is currently the PTI’s Main Representative in Geneva. She specializes in the intersection of peacebuilding and climate justice and is PTI’s focal point for Feminist Climate Justice issues. She has previously held the position of Field Coordinator, then Communications and Advocacy Officer, and was the main focal point for Youth, Peace and Security, with PTI. Nesmah is a Young Human Rights Defender and Peace Activist. She has more than 10 years of experience in human rights, including advocating for women and youth rights.

She also held the position of the Project Coordinator at Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) Media’s SRHR project Hobb Wa Tebb.  She is a recipient of the Girls Globe fellowship and Leaders’ Lab 2021 alumni of the Swedish Institute.

Nesmah is a trained negotiator by Clingendael Institute in Netherlands. She is also founding member of the Women Solidarity Network which includes more than 200 Yemeni women working for peace. Nesmah was part of many research projects focusing on sexual and reproductive health, women, peace and security, climate change.  In addition to her peace work and activism, Nesmah is a regular contributor to articles published in the media on issues about women’s rights during the war, trauma, and wellbeing. Nesmah’s story about the war and displacement was featured in the German book Flüchtlingsrevolution (The Refugee Revolution).

In 2018, she was chosen as one of MENA’s ambassadors to promote the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). Nesmah is also a member of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Aden University and currently is completing her Master’s degree in International Relations at Inalco in Paris, minoring in Security Studies.