Zahra Nayabi is a student at Uppsala university, Peace and Conflict bachelor’s program. Her main focus has always been on security-related issues and her main field of interest has been conflicts and conflict-related subject matters. She chooses to study the conflicts and their development from a gendered perspective as she believes that a gendered dialogue is of extreme value in international relations. She applied for an internship in ISDP because of her interest in the field of research and especially the projects that the organization is working with surrounding the Asian continent. Her aim is to broaden her horizon and gain further knowledge in the topics concerning the Asian continent.