Rose Pihei has been working to empower women since 2003, and has been actively engaged in peacebuilding work since 2006, when she pioneered the umbrella women's organisation now formally known as the Bougainville Women's Federation. In 2010 Rose was elected …

Sabrina Mowlah-Baksh holds a MSc in Gender and Development Studies and has worked with women and communities for over 30 years. Her experience in mediation spans a broad spectrum and she has mediated at the community level, in local government …

Salma Yusuf is a peace practitioner and mediator from Sri Lanka. She specialises in policy and process development, strategic advocacy, and thought-leadership. She has previously worked as a public official in Government, a university lecturer and researcher, a journalist, and …

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE has 25 years experience as a peace strategist working globally on conflicts and violent extremism. In 2000 she was a civil society leader and drafter of UNSC Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. She spearheads …

Sara Cook is a conflict response specialist who has extensive experience working with people affected by conflict in Northern Ireland and internationally. Her peacebuilding work includes mediation, dialogue and storytelling encounters between conflict-affected populations, including victims and survivors of violence, …

Stephanie Ijeoma Ladele is the founder of the Environmental Conflict Mediation and Women Development Initiative in Nigeria. She is an environmental activist, with experience working on strengthening stakeholders engagement in community development projects and mediation using the indigenous approach to …

Sumaiya Tanim has worked with young student community across Bangladesh to build awareness against hate speech since 2017. As a Programme Associate at the Tolerance, Peace and Respect (TRP) Project at MOVE Foundation, she designs and facilitates peacebuilding processes to …

Sumona DasGupta has worked in the area of women, peace and security as a scholar-practitioner for 20 years, facilitating dialogues across conflict fault-lines in Indian Kashmir, evaluating peace interventions with youth, education, women, cross border trade and working with women …

Ulemu Diana Makumba has mediated land conflicts at the community level, particularly working with vulnerable groups who have been enticed to sell their land since 2011. Ulemu has also worked alongside governmental and non-governmental development programmes, mediating conflicts within communities …

Visaka Dharmadasa is the founder and Chair of Association of War Affected Women and Parents of Servicemen Missing in Action. In struggling to end the civil war in Sri Lanka, she brokered the ceasefire as well as brought women across …