Zahra' Langhi is a strategist, peace activist, academic and researcher. Her research interests include gender, peacebuilding, conflict resolution, Islamic history and philosophy, and metaphysics. Zahra' is the co-founder and CEO of the Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace (LWPP), a socio-political movement focused on peacebuilding, inclusivity and gender equality.

 

Through the LWPP, Zahra' led an advocacy campaign for electoral system reform in Libya and coordinated the first meetings between civil activists, senior revolutionaries, security and intelligence officers, and parliamentarians on disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR).