School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Ali, Fatuma, PhD

Associate Professor, International Relations

Areas of interest/specialization: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, Women and War, Security analysis, Gender, Environmental theories and Politics, Philosophy for Peace, Emergency Response, Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, International Communication, Islamic Feminism, Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), Post-colonial Studies and Peace Education.

Biography:

Dr. Fatuma Ahmed Ali is an Associate Professor of International Relations (IR) at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) of the United States International University –(USIU-A), Nairobi, Kenya. She is also a Visiting Faculty and an External researcher of the Interuniversity Institute for Social Development & Peace (IUDESP) of the Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain. Dr. Ahmed Ali is a trainer and an Independent Consultant in the field of Social Development, Gender, Security, Peace, Conflict, Curriculum Review, Accreditation and Countering Violent Extremism. She has been involved in curriculum development, program learning outcomes assessment, acted as an external examiner, taught graduate and post-graduate programs, supervised graduate and post-graduate students locally and internationally. Other professional experiences include working as the Co-director of Care Highway International projects in Kenya, security expert assistant for the European Union Election Observation Mission, student’s coordinator at Universitat, Jaume I, Castellón, Spain, primary school teacher, project coordinator and librarian. Dr Ahmed Ali has served as an International Observer of Development and Educational projects of SMARA (a local NGO in Castellón, Spain) and the Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain in Saharawi Refugee camps in Tinduf, Algeria. She is also a Board member of the NGO Coalition of Violence Against Women (COVAW). She is an academic activist in the area of Violence against Women and has publication both in Spanish and English.

Academic Degrees:

September 2007: European Doctorate with Distinction from Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain. (PhD Dissertation title: WOMEN AND WAR: Deconstructing the notion of victim and reconstructing their role as peace builders).

April 2007: International Master in Peace, Conflict and Development studies (Honors) from UNESCO Chair for Philosophy of Peace, (POP-Official Postgraduate Program (MA/ Mphil and PhD) of the Universitat Jaume, I Castellón, Spain.

October 2005: Master of Philosophy (MPhil) (Honors) in “Peace, Conflict and Democracy” from Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.

January 2001 to April 2002: International Master in Peace and Development Studies, from the MA Program of Peace and Development Studies of the Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.

June 1997 to June 2000: BA degree in International Relations (Honors) with Minors in Sociology and Management from United States International University – Nairobi, Kenya.

3.0 Publications (Where possible include the link to the publications)

Journal Articles:

Ahmed Ali, Fatuma (2018). “Understanding the Role of Gender Relations in Radicalising and Recruiting Young Muslim Women in Higher Learning Institutions in Nairobi, Kenya”. In The African Review Vol.45, No.1:70-95. file:///C:/Users/Propietario/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/TempState/Downloads/1664-5295-1-PB%20(1).pdf

Ahmed Ali, Fatuma (2017), “Women’s Agency and Violence against Women: The Case of the Coalition on Violence Against Women in Kenya” in African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, Women and Peacebuilding (Spring 2017), 51-65, DOI: 10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.7.1.04.

Ahmed Ali, Fatuma (March 9, 2017), “Al-Shabaab: Should the Somali president open talks with the terror group” in The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/al-shabaab-should-the-somali-president-open-talks-with-the-terror-group-73458

Ahmed Ali, Fatuma (November 9, 2016), “The challenges of holding an election in Somalia” in The Conversation,https://theconversation.com/the-challenges-of-holding-an-election-in-somalia-67561

Ahmed Ali, Fatuma and Hannah Muthoni Macharia (2013), “Women, Youth, and the Egyptian Arab Spring”, in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 25:3, 359-366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2013.816557.

Omar, Sidi and Fatuma Ahmed (2010), “Universal Protection of Human Rights: A Cross-Cultural Perspective”, in Journal of Language, Technology and Entrepreneurship in Africa, Vol. 2, No. 1, ISSN 1998-1279.

Martínez Guzmán, Vicent and Fatuma Ahmed (2008) “Education for a Human Right to Peace from the Perspective of Philosophy for making peace(s)”, in Cuadernos Constitucionales de la Cátedra Fadrique Furió Ceriol, No. 62 /63 (Winter/Spring 2008), pp.197-201, ISSN 1133-7087. file:///C:/Users/Propietario/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/TempState/Downloads/Dialnet-EducationForHumanRightToPeaceFromAPerspectiveOfPhi-3684854%20(1).pdf

Ahmed, Fatuma (2007), “Women and Conflict Transformation in Africa”, in Feminismo/s, nº 9, pp.67-78, ISSN: 1696-8166. https://feminismos.ua.es/article/view/2007-n9-women-and-conflict-transformation-in-africa

Ahmed, Fatuma (2007), “Las mujeres africanas en los conflictos armados: ¿Victimas, perpetradoras o constructoras de paz?”, in Tiempo de Paz, nº 84, pp. 27-33, ISSN 0212-8926.

Ahmed, Fatuma (2007), “Africa, Women and Peace” in Women’s Network for a Better World,http://www.mujeresporunmundomejor.org/articulista/tabid/72/Default-aspx (also translated into Spanish, Portuguese and French).

Ahmed, Fatuma (2005), “Mujeres en Conflicto: una multiplicidad de roles que supera la victimización” in Pueblos Revista de información y Debate, nº 18. pp. 36-38 ISSN 1577-4376.

Ahmed, Fatuma (2003), “El Camino hacia la Democracia: La Transición Política en Kenia” Book Review of Macharia Munene in Convergencia Revista De Ciencias Sociales, nº 33, pp. 277-283, 2003, Mexico, ISSN 1405-1435.

Ahmed, Fatuma (2003), “Cap a un diáleg intercultural a Kenya” in Revista de Recerca Humanística i Científica, nº 14. pp. 33-41, Spain, ISSN: 1130-4235.

Books:

Ahmed Ali, Fatuma (2015), Mujeres y Guerras: Deconstruyendo la noción de víctimas y reconstruyendo su papel de constructoras de la paz, Castellón, de la Plana Universitat Jaume I, ISBN: 978-84-15444-89-3 https://www.amazon.com/Mujeres-guerra-deconstruyendo-reconstruyendo-constructoras/dp/8415444893

Nos Aldas, Eloisa, Jose Ignacio Martin Galan and Fatuma Ahmed Ali (eds.) (2011), Comunicación para la paz en acción: Periodismos, conflictos, alfabetización mediática y Alianza de Civilizaciones/Communication for Peace in Action: Journalisms, Conflicts, Media Literacy and Alliance of Civilizations, Castellón, Universitat Jaume I, ISBN: 978-84-8021-822-1.

Book Chapters:

Ahmed Ali, Fatuma, (2019), “War and armed conflict: threat to African women’s human security”, in Reardon, Betty A. and Asha Hans (2^nd edition) (eds), Gender Imperative: Human Security vs. State Security, New York, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, pp: 108:133, ISBN: 978-1-138-32090-.1

Canudo Arnal, Maria and Ahmed Ali, Fatuma (2018). “Exploring Feminine Political Leadership Attributes and Women´s Campaigns during the 2017 General Election in Kenya” in Nyabola, Nanjala and Pommerolle, Marie-Emmanuelle, (eds), Where Women Are: Gender & The 2017 Kenyan Elections, Nairobi, Twaweza Communications Ltd, pp:116-138, ISBN:978-9966-028-81-5.

Ahmed, Fatuma (2014), “Women in Peace Building: Feminizing Conflicts and use of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) as a weapon of conflicts”, in Munene, Macharia and Ojielo Ozonnia (eds), The Study & Practice of Peace and Security in Africa, Nairobi, UNDP, United Nations.

Ahmed, Fatuma (2011), “Reconstructing the role of women as peacebuilders in African politics through the media”, in Nos Aldas, Eloisa, Jose Ignacio Martin Galan and Fatuma Ahmed Ali (eds.), Comunicación para la paz en acción: Periodismos, conflictos, alfabetización mediática y Alianza de Civilizaciones/Communication for Peace in Action: Journalisms, Conflicts, Media Literacy and Alliance of Civilizations, Castellón, Universitat Jaume I, pp: 87-96, ISBN: 978-84-8021-822-1.

Ahmed, Fatuma and Hannah Muthoni Macharia (2011), “Peace Media and the promotion of a Culture of Peace and Peacebuilding: A case study of the Great Lakes Region of Africa”, in Nos Aldas, Eloisa, Jose Ignacio Martin Galan and Fatuma Ahmed Ali (eds.), Comunicación para la paz en acción: Periodismos, conflictos, alfabetización mediática y Alianza de Civilizaciones/Communication for Peace in Action: Journalisms, Conflicts, Media Literacy and Alliance of Civilizations, Castellón, Universitat Jaume I, pp: 159-173, ISBN: 978-84-8021-822-1.

Ahmed, Fatuma (2010), “War and Armed Conflict: Threat to African Women’s Human Security”, in Reardon, Betty A. and Asha Hans (eds), Gender Imperative: Human Security vs. State Security, New Delhi, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, pp: 110-137, ISBN: 978-0-415-58577-4.

Ahmed, Fatuma (2007), “Promoción de la democracia y el buen gobierno: retos y oportunidades del movimiento de mujeres Africanas”, in Democracia y buen gobierno en África Subsahariana, pp.127-148, ISBN: 978-84-323-1306-6.

Ahmed, Fatuma (2007), “La mujer en el Corán y en el Islam de hoy”, in IX encuentro DIÁLOGO FE-CULTURA: GÉNERO {masculino – femenino} Y RELIGIÓN, pp.31-38, ISBN: 978-84-8021-626-5.

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