Yemen faces the world’s most urgent humanitarian crisis and higher education emergency. The country’s university system has been decimated by six years of armed conflict, making education and scientific research practically unattainable. In 2020, nearly half of all requests for support to IIE-SRF came from Yemeni scholars.
“Yemen’s Higher Education Crisis” – the second webinar in the IIE-SRF Dialogues series – focused on Yemen’s higher education emergency and its impact on university professionals. Scholars from Yemen who have directly experienced the crisis shared their stories and offered insights on the unique challenges facing Yemeni women academics. The webinar was co-hosted by IIE-SRF and the Association for Yemeni Academics & Professionals (AYAP), a newly formed non-profit that brings together Yemeni academics and professionals from around the world to create and support opportunities for Yemen’s development, growth, and sustainability. The discussion featured remarks from:
- James Robin King: IIE-SRF’s Director
- Dr. Shaker Lashuel: AYAP board member
- Dr. Mohammed Almahfali: IIE-SRF alumnus from Yemen and AYAP board member; currently based at Lund University’s Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies
- Dr. Arwa Aleryani: formerly of Saba University in Sana’a, Yemen, currently an independent researcher in Canada
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