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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

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English 1 1

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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

 

 

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

 

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.