Hanin Ahmed

Hanin Ahmed is a fellow in Refugees International’s Refugee Fellows Program. She currently works as the external relations officer for Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), advocating for the ERRS and other mutual aid groups. In the early days of Sudan’s crisis, Hanin established the Old Omdurman Emergency Room, providing critical aid in food, medicine, GBV support, and evacuation services. Earlier, Hanin co-founded Ashum Altta Initiative. 

Hanin has a Master’s degree in Gender and Development, specializing in Peace and Conflict. She is a Peace Ambassador with the Global Peace Chain, Youth Ambassador for the International Youth Society, and General Secretary for the African Union Youth Assembly. In 2018, she was honored with the Arab Youth Initiative Award for her work.

Her research on gender integration in security sector reform and women’s political participation has been presented at prestigious forums, including Oxford University and the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS).

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