Zahra Abba Omar

ISPS
Graduate Policy FellowsZahra Abba Omar
Title
ISPS Graduate Policy Fellow, 2026Zahra Abba Omar is a PhD Candidate in Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her dissertation focuses on FemTech firms and how people working in technical and non-technical roles in these companies make decisions about platform design. She received her BA Honours in Sociology at the University of Cape Town in 2020, where she was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow.
Discipline
Interdisciplinary