Zahra Abba Omar

ISPS 
Graduate Policy Fellows

Zahra Abba Omar

Title 
ISPS Graduate Policy Fellow, 2026

Zahra 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