Lidya Tewelde Habtay

Lidya Tewelde is a legal scholar from Eritrea. She holds an MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford’s Department of International Development.

She has previously worked with PILnet, Asylum Welcome as well as an Assistant Execution Officer and Judicial Assistant in Eritrea. Having experienced forced displacement herself, Lidya has previously undertaken research on Refugee-Led Organizations (RLOs) in Africa and the Middle East as a consultant for LERRN at Carleton University.