Amal Basha

Amal Basha (, born November 19, 1962) is a Yemeni women's rights activist, chair of the Sisters' Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF). As the chair of SAF, she "defends the rights of women, prisoners and refugees, and fights for more political freedoms." She also has a license to practice law in her country. At an early stage in her career, Basha served in various economic positions in the Yemeni government, and was considered a leading personality in the field of recruiting human resources for organizations from the third sector in Yemen.

She won the Takreem Arab Woman of the Year Award in 2014. In the same year (2014), the Danish Institute for Human Rights published its essay "The Discourse of Gender Equality in the Constitution of Yemen". In 2015 she spoke at the "Women's Power to Stop the War" conference (in Yemen).

In 2017, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto.

As an 8 years old child she was married off and later managed to obtain a divorce.

Her son is Luai Ahmed, a Swedish journalist and columnist, who at the age of 21 managed to reach Sweden and received political asylum there, and later also Swedish citizenship.