Qabool Al-Absi is the chairperson of the Qarar Foundation for Media and Sustainable Development, a Taiz-based organization that works to strengthen the role of Yemeni media.

She is a founding member of Wojood Community, an initiative to assist Yemeni refugees in Egypt and also a member of the Lamar International initative, Voices of Peace and Feminist Solidarity.

Qabool is a participant in the Yemen Peace Forum.