Dr. Antelak Moh’d `AbdulMalek AL-Mutawakel
Personal Information:
Family name: AL-Mutawakel
First names: Antelak Moh’d `AbdulMalek
Nationality: Yemeni
E-mail: antelak@yldf.org. or Antelak Abdulmalek antelakmohammed@yahoo.com
Mobile: 00967735022235 or 00967777700850.
Education:
Institution from – to | Degrees and Diplomas obtained |
Tilburg University, Netherlands, Oct 2004 | Ph.D. in Gender and the Writings of Yemeni Women Writers. (Within Modern Development) |
Sana’a University,1994 | MA in literature |
Sana’a University, 1990 | Diploma from the English Literature Department |
Sana’a University, 1985 | BA. In English-American Literature |
Training:
- 8-12 Nov.2020 Training on Reproductive and Gender Sexual Rights at the Arab Institute for Human Rights.
- October-12 November OHCHR Geneva Training on writing Human Rights Reports from a Gender Perspective.
- June 2020 Training on conducting e-Training with UNDP- YLP Program
- 2o18-2019Several Training in Yemen and outside Yemen in human rights, Gender women, and international and national legal framework.
- 2016-2018 several pieces of training on Peace Building and Gender and peace-building processes.
- 2010-2012 several TOT workshops in teaching at the High Study in the MA Program of International Development and Gender.
- May 5th –May 12th, 2007, a 25-hour Training Course on Consultancy Skills, Center of Public Administration Development, Sana’a University, in partnership with Leiden University.
- May 28th –June 1st 2007A training Course in Monitoring & Evaluation by SFD and World Bank
- 2007 TOT Training to develop the capacity of master trainers on qualitative research methods from a gender perspective
- July 2007 TOT in Strategic Planning, IREX.
- Two TOT Training by CHF, Sana’a, February 2005.
- A training course in Human Rights in Denmark at the Danish Denmark for Human Rights from 5th -18th November 2005.
- April 2005 training in Writing CEDAW National Report.
- 1999 An Intensive course in Gender & Development by the Tropical Institute for Gender Studies Kit designed for the teachers at Empirical Research and Women’s Studies Center.
- 1997 A Course on “Introduction to Gender studies” in the Netherlands. Utrecht University.
- 1997 A course on Gender Analyses with Prof. Maike Meijer, Maastricht University, Netherlands.
- 1997 A course on “Work and Care (gender division of labor in Nether lands. Utrecht University.
- 1997 A course on Gender Research Methodology at Tilburg University.
- 1997 Several courses in computer and Internet in Sana’a and at Tilburg University.
- 1997 A course in Gender Research Methodology, Tilburg University, 1997.
- 1984 Training courses in Teaching English language as a second language.
- Learning English at Houston University and getting the TOEFL 1980.
Language skills: (1 – excellent; 2- very good; 3-good; 4-fair; 5 – basic)
Language | Reading | Speaking | Writing |
Arabic |
1 | 1 | 1 |
English | 1 | 1 |
1 |
Membership of professional bodies:
Other skills (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.): Proficient in MS Office & Internet Browsing.
Present position:
Country | From…to |
Chairperson of Youth Leadership Development Foundation | 2000-now |
Lecturer at Gender-Development Research Center & English Literature Dep. Sana’a University | 1986-now |
Member of National Dialogue | 2013-2014 |
Member of a team of the Constitution Drafting Committee | 2014- March 2015 |
Professional experience:
Date from 1975 – Date to 2024 | Location | Company | Position | Description |
2019-June 2020 | Yemen | OHCHR | Gender & Women Consultant | Human-based Approach reports on women and training |
Jan – Aug
2018 |
Yemen | GIZ | National Gender Expert | Development of Civil Society Strategy for 1325 Resolution |
10 June 2017-30 Sept. 2017. | Yemen | Ministry of High Education & Nuffic | Gender Expert | Development of Training manuals for mainstreaming gender in High Education organizations and Curricula & Research. |
Sept 2017-2018 | Yemen | YLDF-Sana’a
|
Gender Expert | Women Leadership for Peace in partnership with Oxfam , editing a study on the traditional tools used by women and men in the process of peacebuilding
Bridge Gender Gap for Social Justice program funded by the Dutch Embassy supervising the participants’ research papers. |
Feb 2017 | Yemen | GIZ-Sana’a
|
National expert | GIZ for conducting a baseline study on the participation of Yemeni Women in the Peace Process and Post-conflict Agenda |
2011-now | Yemen | Researcher & Freelance consultant in gender | Subjects: Development, Youth & peace. | |
2005-now | Yemen | Sana’a University
|
Prof. at the English Literature Dept. | Teaching varied courses and supervision |
1998-now | Yemen | Youth Leadership Development Foundation (YLDF). Sana’a Yemen. | Co-founder member | |
2005-2010 | Yemen and Copenhagen | Roskilde University & American Cairo University | Co-founder member & a lecturer | MA Program of International Development and Gender in partnership with Roskilde University –Denmark and with American Cairo University. |
2014 – now | Yemen | State | Member | Constitution Drafting Committee |
2017-now | Yemen | Deep Roots & Sana’a Center | Member | Member of Champions of Development Group-Yemen |
2015-now | Yemen | Women’s Peace Partners | Founder Member | Women’s Peace Partners’ |
2015-now | Yemen | Arab Peace Group, Washington DC. | Member | |
2016 -now | Yemen | UN-WOMEN | Member | Women’s Peace and Security Group (PACT) in Partnership with UN-WOMEN |
Mar 2013 – Feb 2014 | Yemen |
Yemeni National Dialogue- UN-Envoy office to Yemen |
Member | Yemeni National Dialogue Rights & Freedom |
2013-2014 | Yemen | UNFPA | Member | Community Coalition for Women’s Effective Participation in New Yemen. |
March 2012 | Yemen | CBA-Sana’a University in partnership with RGB
|
Trainer | Developing and Conducting Training Modules for Civil Society Organization in Gender Mainstreaming at the CBA-Sana’a University in partnership with RGB |
2009 – 2012 | Yemen | Sana’a University and Roskilde Danish university | Co-founder and Ex-Director | Sana’a University and Roskilde Danish university MA in International Development and Gender (MIDG) at GDRSC-Sana’a University. |
2005- 2012 | Yemen | Sana’a University (GDRSC) | Head of the Department | Head of the Department of High Study Program at Gender –Development Research and Studies Center(GDRSC), Sana’a University |
2009 | Yemen | Gender-Development Study & Research Center
|
Member | Research Team in the Research of Gender Based Violence conducted by the Gender-Development Study & Research Center. |
Mar – June 2008 | Yemen | ILO | National Gender Consultant | ILO and Silatech in the preparation of the “YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENTINITIAL MAPPING REPORT For Yemen” |
June 2008 | Yemen | CARE
|
Independent evaluator | CARE Project ” RURAL Women’s Empowerment in AlMahweet” |
2008 | Yemen | Youth Leadership Development Foundation in cooperation with the French Embassy.
|
Team leader | Evaluation of French Project on Women Rural conducted by the Youth Leadership Development Foundation in cooperation with the French Embassy. |
Mar – Dec
2007 |
Social Fund | National Gender Consultant | Social Fund in the Formulation of the Mainstreaming Gender Strategy for all Units as SFD and establishing a gender focal Unit. | |
Nov 2006 – Jan 2007 | Yemen | IOL | Consultant | Preparing a Training Manual in Gender, Leadership, Management, Work ethics, and Network to empower working women in the health sector as part of the Working women Empowerment in all sectors. |
2006 | Yemen | CISCO | Independent evaluator | Independent evaluator among several International in different “Third World country Assessment for Gender and IT in Yemen doing the assessment for Yemen. |
2006 | Yemen | CEDAW | Team Member | CEDAW National Report nominated by the Gender –Development Research and Studies Center |
Apr 2004 | Yemen | Oxfam | Gender Consultant | Oxfam team on Gender Budgeting. |
2004 | Yemen | USAID
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National Consultant | Mercy Corps for the preparation of a proposal for the USAID’s project “Yemen Adult Life-Skills Literacy Education Program.” |
Aug 2004 | Yemen | British and Netherlands Governments | Member | Research Team preparing the Report on the Dynamic Change in Yemen prepared for the British and Netherlands Governments. |
Aug 2004 | Yemen | Oxfam |
Gender Consultant |
Research and Campaign Project of Early Marriage in Yemen by Oxfam, Women Studies & Dev. Center, Shima Net and National Women Committee. |
1998 – 2004 | Yemen | Cultural Women Group-Sana’a
|
Founder Members | One of the founder members of the Board of the Cultural Women Group. |
Jan 2003 | Yemen | Oxfam | Co-editing and producing a documentary film of the program of Violence against Women in Yemen; | |
Feb 2002 | Yemen | Oxfam | Gender Consultant | Consultation, editing a book on Violence against Women, |
Apr-May
2002 |
Yemen | RWDGD/ KIT | Consultant | Consultation for RWDGD/ KIT for the workshop “Advocacy Lobbying Communication and Networking (Translation of the textbook and facilitating the international consultant’s Interviews |
Apr 2002 | Yemen | Ministry Of Agriculture (RWDGD) | Co-facilitator | workshop “Advocacy Lobbying Communication and Networking for the general directors and Units of Rural Women directorates at the Ministry of Agriculture (RWDGD) |
May – May 2002 | Yemen | RWDGD/ KIT | Co-facilitator | Workshop of RWDGD/ KIT “Monitoring & Evaluation” |
Aug 2002 | Yemen | RWDGD/ KIT | Co-facilitator | Two workshops of RWDGD/ KIT “Gender Concepts, Planning Cycle and Monitoring and Evaluation”.. |
2001- 2002 | Yemen | International Human Rights Law Group. | Member | Advisory Board of the Project of Women’s Prison by SAF and the International Human Rights Law Group. |
Apr 2001 | Yemen | Working in a team for the ICD Yemen Strategic Review | ||
June 2001 | Yemen | Mercy Corps International NGO | Development Local Consultant | |
Dec 2001 | Yemen | UNIFEM | Preparation of the final Participatory Assessment Evaluation of Post Beijing Phase II Project | |
Sept2000 | Yemen | Oxfam | gender consultant | Gender Analyses Oxfam |
Sept-Oct 2000 | Yemen | The International Human Rights Law Group’s mission | Coordinator & Translator | Coordinating appointments, co-conducting interviews analyzing interviews. |
1998 | Yemen | Women’s Study Center-Sana’a University | Member | The team that supervises the project of Women’s Pioneer |
1998-now | Yemen | Board of the Youth Leadership Development Foundation (YLDF). | Co-founder member of YLDF | |
1998 -now | Yemen | Board of the Youth Leadership Development Foundation (YLDF). | chairperson | |
1998 – now | Yemen | Birds Pre-School. | Co-Founder Member on the board of the Dreams | |
1995 – 2000 | Yemen | Sanaa University
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Assistant teacher lecturing | Empirical Research and Women’s Studies Center. |
1995 – 1998 | Yemen | Yemen American Language Institute YALI. | Part-Time Teacher | |
1986-now | Yemen | Faculty of Humanity and Arts –Sana’a University | Lecturer at the English Literature Dept. | Teaching varied courses |
1977-1981 | Yemen | Radio of Sana’a | Announcer and Program editor | Participating in varied programs |
1975-1976 | Yemen | Yemeni Women Association | volunteer | Teaching |
Other Relevant Information (e.g. Publications):
Publications:
- A Pioneer book Gender and the Writing of Yemeni Women Writers: Amsterdam, Dutch University Press in Association with Purdue University Press, 2005.
- “Bibliography of Yemeni Women Literary Writings” in Arab Women’s Encyclopedia Volume IV. Cairo, High Culture Council & Nour Association for Arab Women’s Studies and Research, 2004.
- An article” Self Liberation and National Struggle in Yemeni Women’s Short Stories,” in Al-MASAR Vol.3 issues, 2001 (in English translated into Arabic)
- A paper titled “Youth and Civil Society,” Sana’a: French Center for Heritage and Social Science and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2008. (in Arabic translated into English)
- A Chapter titled” National Advocacy Efforts to Confine the Age Marriage” in Early Marriage in Yemen Beirut: CRTDA Dar Alketab (Arabic translated into English)
- A Chapter titled “Political Commitments” in the book Gender-Based Violence against Women by –Gender-Development Research & Studies Center and UNFPA. Sana’a-Yemen. (in Arabic and translated into English)
Unpublished Research Papers:
- A paper titled “Gender in the Lives of Yemeni Women Writers” presented at the Women’s Worlds 99: 7th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Tromso, Norway, and June 20-26, 1999.
- A paper titled “Challenges face Yemeni Women Writers” presented at the International Conference on Challenges for Women’s Studies in the 21st Century, Sana`a’ 12-14 September 1999. (in Arabic)
- A paper titled “Arab Region Academic Approaches and Pedagogies to Women’s Studies and Gender, Sana’a University Case presented in The First Conference of the United Arab Emirates Gender and Women’s Studies Consortium March 7 – March 9, 2012, Sponsored by The American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE and the University of Southern Maine, Portland, US.
- A research paper titled,” National Dialogue Outcomes Related to Women: Challenges & Opportunities,” presented at Women’s Day Celebration, National Women Committee, Sana’a 8th March 2014.
- A research paper titled ” A decade of Tides: Arab Women’s Political Participation in Decision Making Positions and their Role in Peace Making- Yemen/ Syria,” presented in the Consultative Meeting of the Program of Women’s in Politics, Youth Leadership Development Foundation in Partnership of UN-Women, Sana’a 4-5 October 2016.
- A research paper titled “Gender Concept and its Importance,” presented in the Good Governor Program, GIZ. November- December 2016.
- A baseline study on the participation of Yemeni Women in Peace Process and Post-Conflict Agenda. GIZ 2016.
Thesis Supervision:
- Co-supervisor MA titled” Non-Organizational Local Barriers Preventing Women Career Advancement in Yemen” at the Center of Business Administration, Sana’a University in partnership with Maastricht School of Management. The Netherlands.
- Supervisor of MA on Women & Peace by at GDRSC.
- Supervisor of MA on Peace and Civil Society.
- Supervisor of MA on Yemeni women’s Leadership Types.
- Supervising 5-10 annual Graduation Research for undergraduate students at the English Literature Department.
Development of Manuals:
- A manual of Gender & Politics.
- Two manuals on Gender & High Education.
Workshops and Conferences:
Attending and participating in several national and international workshops and conferences in Women’s Studies, Youth and Development, and Education.
REWARDS:
1978 Ministry of Education Reward for fourth Rank on the Republic.
1986 Sana’a University Reward for the First Rank at the English Dept.
2010 YLDF Reward for Foundation.
Courses Taught Currently:
- Online Training for YLP6 & 7 programs UNDP. October-November 2020 and October 2021.
- Teaching in the MA in International Development and Gender “Socio-Cultural Dynamics of Development.” Sana’a University & Roskilde University.
- ToT in Qualitative Research for Sana’a University teachers and several other teachers from other governorates of Yemen.
- October16-30 2008 A course in Gender and Literature in the summer school of Oldenburg University Germany.
- November 5th, 2008: A lecture about Gender in Yemen at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark
- 18th and 19th Century British Novel Course.
- Several training workshops in Gender Concept, Tools, and Mainstreaming SFD, Sana’a, April-September 2007.
- Co-training of Field Research Tools Training for Early Marriage Data Collectors in Hadramout 29-30 December 2004.
- International Short Stories Course.
- English Language for Fresh and Sophomore Students in the English Department.
- Language Through English for Sophomore Students
- Translation
- American Southern Literature
- Survey of American and British Literature
- Sixteen Century Drama: Shakespeare, Marlowe
- Communicative English courses at YALI.
- Basics of Gender and Gender Research Methodology for postgraduate students, 1998&1999.
- Research Methodology for writing a research proposal and supervising post-graduate students’ proposals.
- Self-Study course at the Girls World Communication Center.
- Research Methodology for students at the Girls World Communication Center Youth Leadership Program.
- Conversation and Dialogue Skills at the English Dept. Sana’a University.
Co-Teaching the following courses:
- Oral History Research Methodology with Prof. Margot Badran, 1998.
- Studying Stereotype in Media with Prof. Tineke Willemsen, 1998.
- Analyzing Gender in Texts and Images with Prof. Annelis Moors1999.
- Research Methodology for master students with Dr. Catherine Belfield, 1999.
- Socio-Cultural Dynamics of Development with Roskilde and AUC university teachers for the MA program in “International Development and Gender”.2012- Recent.