Maimouna Alammar is one of the founding members of the Child Guardians Network and served as a key field leader. She successfully established and managed the organization’s first office in Eastern Ghouta, a highly volatile area in the Syrian conflict. Al-Ammar led a team of 135 field staff and oversaw all network activities in the region. She also played a crucial role in setting up the network’s office in Daraa governorate and managed operations in the southern region until 2018. Due to displacement, she established and managed a new office in Azaz city in north Aleppo, before being promoted to the position of a program officer in 2019. Al-Ammar’s proven track record as a human rights defender began with her protest in support of prisoners of conscience in Damascus, and her early role in the peace movement in Syria. She contributed to number of initiatives and awareness campaigns and was one of the founders of the Violations and Documentation Centre in Darayya city. Al-Ammar, who is working now as an advocacy and communication manager, has been instrumental in introducing child protection measures in Syria and providing training to activists working directly with children. She has also played a significant role in raising awareness about children’s rights in the southern region and promoting the integration of children with special needs into mainstream primary education. Maimouna holds a degree in computer engineering from the University of Damascus and has made many media appearances discussing the humanitarian situation in Syria. Her unwavering dedication to defending and advocating for human rights has exposed her to security threats, preventing her from completing her master’s degree in 2011. As a Chevening & Said Foundation scholar, she successfully obtained her MA in Childhood in Society from the University of Warwick, UK, in 2022. Maimouna is married and a proud mother of two daughters.