As the chair of SAF, she "defends the rights of women, prisoners and refugees, and fights for more political freedoms.
"[1] Basha studied political science, economics and mass communication at the American University in Cairo.
[2] At an early stage in her career, Basha served in various economic positions in the Yemeni government, and was considered a leading personality in the field of recruiting human resources for organizations from the third sector in Yemen.
[2] In April 2013 she publicly confronted Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar in the conference hall of Yemen's National Dialogue Conference: Ahmar seemed to be backing away from appointing feminist Nabila al-Zubair as chair of the body deciding the future of the disputed city of Sa'dah until Basha gave him this "public flaying".
In the same year (2014), the Danish Institute for Human Rights published its essay "The Discourse of Gender Equality in the Constitution of Yemen".