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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Emma Leslie, an Australian - Cambodian, director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, supports peace processes across the Asia region. Since 1993 she has been committed to the field of conflict transformation, undertaking a range of initiatives in …
Ezabir Ali is a Commonwealth professional and Harvard Alumnae from Kashmir. In the course of her 25-year career, she has served in the public and non-profit sectors in Jammu and Kashmir. For more than two decades, she has done extensive …
Linda Manano is a Lawyer, Human Rights Practitioner and a Court Accredited Mediator. She has been instrumental in mediating land disputes, family and civil mediation in the West Nile Districts of Uganda (Arua, Yumbe, Nebbi, Zombo and Pakwach). Linda has …
Helen Bishop is a Kungarakan woman of the Northern Territory, Australia. Her academic focus has been in her professional ambitions to enlarge procedural fairness, dispute resolution, problem-solving and participatory agreement making, specifically to enhance First Nation Australians' access to such …
Janet Chigabatia-Adama a peace activist and has served as a member of the Government of Ghana instituted Peace Council, Northern region chapter since 2014. Janet participated in a number of stakeholder peace meetings towards reconciling feuding parties in both inter …
Janet Adama Mohammed is a dialogue facilitator with experience in multi-level mediation processes. Her skills in gender-sensitive conflict and peacebuilding analysis bring nuance to analyses often left out to ensure inclusive processes which are trauma-informed. She takes issues from experience …
Dudziro Nhengu is a gender peace and security practitioner and mediator based in Zimbabwe. A member of WMC, FemWise Africa, MBBI and Gender Associations International Consulting, Dudziro works with women, girls and traditional authorities to influence women-led mediation initiatives in …
