Biography Conference Speakers
Sahra Ahmed Koshin, PhD. Candidate
University of Copenhagen & University of Nairobi
Sahra A. Koshin is the Founder and Director of the Somalia Gender Hub. She is a 3d year PhD Candidate at the University of Copenhagen/Nairobi studying Somali diaspora humanitarianism in complex crises. She is a humanitarian/development expert with over 10 years of professional work experience in research and policy development, program management and institutional capacity strengthening, gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment. Sahra is a regular blogger, poet and an accomplished author having published 3 literary books and won international literary awards such as the Dutch Rabobank Poetry Award. In 2013 she founded the Puntland Women Writers Association (PWWA). Her writings can be found on her Google Scholar profile Google Scholar.