Marie Forestier is a policy analyst and a researcher with over a decade of experience in conflict-affected countries in the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. As a Senior Advisor at the European Institute of Peace (EIP), Marie provides strategic policy advice to diplomats and international stakeholders on the Syrian political process. She is also the co-director of the Syria Strategy Project.

 

Previously, she was previously a researcher and advisor on refugee rights in the Middle East region at Amnesty International. In her previous work with international organizations and NGOs, Marie researched human rights issues, the gender impact of counter-terrorism policies in Syrian and in Iraq and developed gender analyses and policy recommendations in order to increase women’s participation in peace processes in Syria and in Yemen.

 

Marie was a visiting fellow at the Center for Women Peace and Security of the London School of Economics, focusing on sexual violence against Syrian women.

 

Marie holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Sciences Po Paris and is a graduate of Columbia University Journalism School.