Cate Buchanan currently works as the Conflict Adviser for the Livelihoods and Food Security Fund Myanmar, with UNFPA Myanmar on conflict-related sexual violence and for the UN Office of the Special Envoy for the Secretary-General on Yemen as a Senior …

Esther Omam is the Executive Director of Reach Out Cameroon. She has been at the forefront of mediation and development issues in the South West Region with Reach Out Cameroon since 2000. Esther has created the movement called South West/North …

Etong Fanny Bessem, Epse Ako-Egbe is a trained Civil Society Manager, holder of Bsc Economics, MBA degree, social enterprise/business consultant, mentor and coach with over seven years experience peacebuilding, mediation and community development. Fanny is also a humanitarian practitioner and …

Florence Nasamaza has worked with traditional, religious and community leaders since 2015 to promote critical thinking among communities about the threat of violent extremism, and strengthen local understanding of radicalisation in ungoverned spaces and border areas in the Great Lakes …

Florence Swamy, Executive Director of the Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding, works in Restorative Justice, Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership and Community Peacebuilding. Programmatic work in these thematic areas provide skills, capacity, and support to local communities (and other stakeholders including Government) so …

Irene Limo works with the United Nations Development Programme South Sudan within the Peace and Community Cohesion Project, where she supports community dialogues and civil society organisations working on the peace and development nexus in South Sudan. Until recently, Irene …

Lantana Bako Abdullahi is the National Co-Coordinator of the Nigerian Women Mediators Network and leads a local women-focused organisation called Women for Positive Peacebuilding Initiative. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Women Mediators Across the Commonwealth …

Magda Zenon is a peace and human rights activist who brings with her a perspective formed within the contexts of having lived in apartheid South Africa, Greece, and now Cyprus. She is an active member of the local civil society …

Meredith Preston McGhie has devoted more than 20 years to addressing conflict and instability in Africa and Asia in some of the most troubled situations. From working with the Naga in Northeast India and indigenous communities on the Thai-Myanmar border, …

Nicole Waintraub is a Mediation Advisor expert in facilitation and inclusive process design. She applied these skills in designing and implementing Track 1.5 processes engaging senior military officials and other stakeholders in developing ceasefire management practices and other security arrangements …

Patricia Ndhlovu is an experienced leader, mediator, counsellor, facilitator, policy analyst, communicator, negotiator and gender expert, with over 15 years of accumulated practical experience in Zambia. Key focus areas of expertise include electoral conflict mediation and facilitation, prevention of gender-based …

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 …