Mrs. Sawsan Al Refai has worked for the Arab Campaign for Education (ACEA) since April 2016 as Policy, Advocacy & Research Coordinator.  She has worked in development policy-making and programming for governments, United Nations and civil society organizations in the region, mainly in Yemen, for more than 18 years. During her extensive work with Yemeni and Arab networks of civil society organizations she provided technical support in areas of capacity assessment and institutional building as well as advocacy and resource mobilization. Sawsan was stranded in Beirut, Lebanon while on mission with the regional office of ILO, and has not returned to Yemen since. She is now based in Amman, Jordan.