Al-Mutawakel and Mwatana's recent work has focused on documenting alleged human rights abuses by all parties to the current conflict in Yemen, including by the United States, the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi forces.

[3] She has briefed the UN Security Council on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, becoming the first person to do so, and has written widely and appeared in a range of media outlets, including Vice News,[4] the Guardian,[5] and The New Internationalist,[6] talking about human rights violations during the conflict.

[citation needed] Between 2007 - 2010, Al-Mutawakel continued to focus on human rights violations in the context of the ongoing Sa'adah conflict, including violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law; and arbitrary arrests and detentions.

[citation needed] In 2013, Al-Mutawakel and Mwatana collaborated with Open Society Foundations to produce a joint report entitled "Death by Drones"[12] which included research and monitoring of the damage and civilian deaths caused by nine US drone strikes in five Yemeni governorates - Sana'a, Marib, Dhamar, Hadramout, and al-Baidha - between May 2012 and April 2014.

They also held numerous meetings with US-based NGOs, diplomatic and UN actors, and Al-Mutawakel briefed the UN Security Council.